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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9877

7 April 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Dramatic consequences of "unregulated liberalisation" of agriculture

Brussels, 06/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The conclusion of the Doha Round was presented, at the G20, as the solution to combat protectionism. However, the latest simulations of the "Momagri" model (Momagri is the name of a French think tank set up in 2005: see www.momagri.org) show that an unregulated liberalisation of agriculture would, over the next 15 years, lead to: - a dramatic drop in the turnovers of farmers in the poorest countries (-60%); - an ongoing reduction in revenues in the...

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