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Undercutting Small Farmers: Implications for Livelihoods and Trade Negotiations

This report examines the challenges faced by small farmers in Bangladesh due to shrinking government support and growing subsidies in exporting countries. It emphasizes the need for a shift in WTO policies and highlights the role of various stakeholders in addressing these issues.

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Undercutting Small Farmers: Implications for Livelihoods and Trade Negotiations

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  1. Undercutting Small Farmers Trade Negotiations and the Livelihood of the People Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir House: 40/A, Road: 10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka–1209, Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-815 82 74, Fax: 880-2- 815 9135 E-mail: info@unnayan.org; Website: www.unnayan.org

  2. AMS in Bangladesh

  3. AMS in Bangladesh Compared with India

  4. KEY Messages • Shrinking government support threatening the livelihood of small farmers • Growing subsidies in the exporting countries marginalising small farmers • Fundamental Shift in the WTO: From Riches to Need-based Support System

  5. Operational Strategy and Instruments Northern Groups Policy makers involved in the process Government & Parliament of Bangladesh, World Bank, Influential Northern Governments & Parliaments Alliance, Working Group and Secretariat Public debate in Bangladesh Grassroots Mobilisations Campaigners Primary Output Recipients Target Institutions Nobody educates anybody, nobody educate himself, people educate themselves mutually, through their collective organisations

  6. Lessons

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