Campaigners urge US and Europe to cut cotton subsidies
By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent Fairtrade says that cutting subsidies would help West African farmers Continue reading the main story Related stories Food crisis hits developing world farms Misery in Mali’s cotton-picking fields Timeline: World Trade Organization Campaigners working with West African farmers are calling on Europe and the United States to cut the subsidies they pay to their cotton farmers. They say the money that rich countries use to back their farmers – more than $1bn a year – is artificially boosting world supply, and reducing the prices that poorer West African producers can earn. Trade negotiators for the…
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