Cover

About the author

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures and Boxes

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Prologue by Lee Kyung Hae

Foreword by George Naylor

Introduction

Trade, globalization and development in the nations of the south

What is food?

A global controversy

This book

1 Trade Negotiations and Trade Liberalization

Historical context

Key recent events: agriculture is gumming up the works

2 Key Issues, Misconceptions, Disagreements and Alternative Paradigms

Key issues in current trade negotiations

Alternative paradigms

3 Dumping and Subsidies: Unraveling the Confusion

The confusing case of Ol’ King Cotton

Farm subsidies: who gets them?

Dumping and subsidies

4 The Impacts of Liberalized Agricultural Trade

Case studies in disaster: the ‘laboratory’ and the future

5 Alternatives for a Different Agriculture and Food System

Policy options

Coalition building

Conclusion: Another Food System is Possible

Special Topics

How the WTO Rules Agriculture

Government Negotiating Blocs

Where European and American Family Farmers Stand

Where Peasant and Family Farm Organizations Stand

Food from Family Farms Act

For a Legitimate, Sustainable and Supportive CAP

People’s Food Sovereignty Statement

Notes

Bibliography

Index