News back to top
> See news of the agriculture negotiations
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Introduction back to top
In a nutshell: how to follow current issues in agriculture
Summary and links to follow latest developments
Introduction to agricultural trade in the WTO
Links to the agriculture section of the WTO guide “Understanding
the WTO”
Includes: New rules; Market access; Domestic support; Exports; Net food importers
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Fact sheet
> “The boxes” in domestic support
The mandate back to top
Summary of the Agriculture Agreement
A technical summary
Explanation of the Agriculture Agreement
A more detailed 8-part technical introduction
Also available in pdf format together with the legal text.
Download:
WTO Agreements series: Agriculture
Browse or download the text of the Agriculture Agreement from the legal texts gateway
Find decisions of WTO bodies concerning the Agriculture Agreement in the
Analytical Index — Guide to WTO Law
and Practice
The Doha Implementation Decision, 2001
Ministers’ decisions on developing countries’ difficulties implementing the current WTO Agriculture Agreement.
The Agriculture Committee and official documents back to top
Work on this subject is handled by the
Agriculture Committee, which reports to the
Goods Council. The work is officially recorded in the committee’s
annual reports to the Goods Council and in the Secretariat’s
summary reports.
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More on the Agriculture Committee and official documents
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Current chairperson
Members’ transparency toolkit back to top
Notification formats, handbook, links
to members’ commitments and other aids for members’ transparency
work in agriculture
Food security
How well is agricultural trade policy providing secure supplies of food? Find accounts of work in the WTO, analysis and debate here
Events,
workshops and training back to top
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> Technical assistance activities in 2012
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> Agriculture notifications
workshop 18–21 September 2012 (English), 12-15 November
2012 (French).
> Programme
Information session with Ban Ki-moon’s food security envoy
18 November 2010
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Trade important for food security, UN specialist tells
agriculture delegations
> Agriculture notifications
workshop 22–24 September 2010 (English), 16-18 November
2010 (Spanish), 27-29 September 2011 (French).
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Presentation of event
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Programme
UN rapporteur and WTO delegates debate the right to food 2 July
2009
> News story
UN rapporteur Dr De Schutter and Mr Lamy debate the right to
food 11 May 2009
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summary
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Watch the
video (in
French)
External links back to top
Observer organizations in the
Agriculture Committee
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