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| EcoFair Trade Dialogue: The Key Messages Since 2005, 11 ‘experts’ on agriculture and trade issues from around the world have discussed the reform of the current regime of global agricultural trade. One important outcome are the 20 preliminary key messages, meant as a discussion paper. |
| The EcoFair Trade Dialogue is an international project carried out by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in cooperation with MISEREOR and facilitated by the Wuppertal Institute. The overall aim is the development and advancement of forward looking guidelines and instruments, taking the concepts of ‘food sovereignty’ and ‘sustainable agriculture’ as reference points.
During 2006 a series of stakeholder dialogues in different regions of the world are being conducted to bring additional expertise to the process, and ground the group’s proposals in local and regional experiences. A concrete and coherent reform proposal that responds to the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges for global agriculture is envisaged as the outcome of the project at the end of 2006. The „Preliminary Key Messages“ offer some building stones for this coherent reform proposal. They are ordered in three groups. - The first group of considerations attempts to highlight some major flaws in the trade system - The second group assembles perspectives that set out a vision for a long-term future trade system - The third group comprises a range of policies and instruments that may serve for a transition. The document is still under discussion. Your comments and inputs are very appreciated. |
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