European Union agricultural subsidies are destroying livelihoods in developing countries. By encouraging over-production and export dumping, these subsidies are driving down world prices of key commodities, such as sugar, dairy, and cereals. Reforming a system in which Europe's large landowners and agribusinesses get rich on subsidies, while smallholder farmers in developing countries suffer the consequences, is an essential step towards making trade fair.

Authors

Godfrey, Claire

Publication date

01 Oct 2002

ISBN

9781848146228

Publisher

Oxfam International

Series

Oxfam Briefing Papers

Type

Policy paper

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