TRADE:  EU Pesticide Rules May Force Out Small African Farmers
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YORK, UK, Jun 29 (IPS) - African farmers could soon find themselves forced  out of the lucrative European market for agricultural products as  retailers and government move towards a zero tolerance policy on  chemical residues in food.
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YORK, (Britain), Sep 21 (IPS) - The newly launched East Africa Organic Standard,  designed to boost exports to Europe, could fall at the first  hurdle if the largest licensing body in the UK decides in  November that air-freighted produce no longer qualifies as  organic.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 29 (IPS) - Just two months before a deadline set by the  European Union for signing all-embracing free trade accords with  some of the world's poorest countries, the EU has admitted  that it will have to reduce its ambition.
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The European Union unveils plans to allow farming on land left fallow, in a bid to tackle soaring crop prices.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs
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BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (IPS) - The European Commission's current proposals  for the sugar regime could have severe consequences for  developing countries, says the African, Caribbean and Pacific  group of countries.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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The European market rules will force deals to be made one country at a time.
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BUCHAREST, Aug 28 (IPS) - Romania was hoping to put an end this year to a ban  on pork exports to the European Union (EU), but several swine  pest outbreaks at the farms of U.S. company Smithfield will cause  the interdiction to be prolonged for at least two more years.
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The agricultural operator's shortfall? Taxes.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market, and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a new law. The European Parliament passed the law, one of the most complex and far-reaching commission regulations ever, after years of haggling marked by intense lobbying by the European chemicals industry and by protests from environmentalists who sought more restraints on the industry. The law, a compromise balancing health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business, puts the burden of proof on companies to show that industrial chemicals and substances used in everyday products are safe. It is likely to take effect in mid-2007.
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European consumers may be at risk from   unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China   after a biotech strain was found in products sold in three EU   countries, two leading environment groups said on Tuesday.
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The European Union has authorized  imports of four genetically modified (GMO) crop products for  sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the  European Commission said on Wednesday.
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Scientists show how European fishing policies are driving some of the bushmeat trade in west Africa.
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By Frances Williams in Geneva and Raymond Colitt in SÃ£o Paulo. Developing countries in the World Trade Organisation remain split over what, if any action, the WTO should take to help smaller textiles producers