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The strictures imposed by Brussels were quite clear: only farms that fully complied with EU regulations would be able to export. The understanding in Europe was that this might take months, if not years, to meet. The Brazilian authorities suggested initially that 3,000 farms, later reduced to over 300, could meet the EU criteria. However, Brazil is now claiming that trade can resume from 106 farms.
Rob Metcalfe, of the Brazilian Beef Information Service in London, said: "This is a victory for the consumer and common sense over the protectionist campaigns of some EU farming groups that had been hailed as a major victory by Irish and Scots farming leaders. They spouted all sorts of alarmist nonsense about the dangers that Brazilian beef might pose.
"In fact, as this decision demonstrates, a number of beef producers are now able to meet EU standards and many more will follow."
Padraig Walshe, the president of the Irish Farmers Association, accused Commissioner Kyprianou of "political expediency in the absence of proper inspections by the EU food and veterinary office. He has made a mockery of food traceability standards." business.scotsman.com...
The EU plays a leading role in establishing global trade agreements in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publi/capexplained/cap_en.pdf
The good news is more and more people are becoming aware of how the world works. The bad news is we're not quite there yet.
stopped reading right there. This is why so many do not believe in the NWO theory or laugh at people lie you who post them. Its the trash reporting, the lack of truth or reality.
The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops By Andrew Malone Last updated at 12:48 AM on 03rd November 2008 When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared. www.dailymail.co.uk... .html
Close to 150,000 Indian farmers committed suicide in nine years from 1997 to 2005, official data show. While farm suicides have occurred in many States, nearly two thirds of these deaths are concentrated in five States where just a third of the country's population lives. Which means that farmers' suicides occurred in those (mainly cash crop) regions with appalling intensity. www.indiatogether.org...
UPDATE: "The Indian Ministry of Agriculture [Sharad Pawar] admits to the following figures: there were 100,000 suicides by farmers between 1993 and 2003. And between 2003 and October 2006, there have been some 16,000 suicides by farmers each year. In total, between 1993 and 2006, there were around 150,000 suicide by farmers, 30 a day for 13 years" (based on statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau) www.sourcewatch.org...
Across the country in desperate pockets like this one, 17,107 farmers committed suicide in 2003, the most recent year for which government figures are available. Anecdotal reports suggest that the high rates are continuing. Though the crisis has been building for years, it presents an increasingly thorny political challenge for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. High suicide rates and rural despair helped topple the previous government two years ago and put Mr. Singh in power. www.nytimes.com...
In the late 1980s, however, the Green Revolution began to fall apart as the chemical fertilizers rendered soil infertile. Farmers who had once diversified risk by growing as many as 30 different crops in their fields were dependent upon just one. As the quality of the soil deteriorated, they faced zero yields and an inability to pay their debts. Three years of drought beginning in 2001 further fueled the crisis. Twenty-five thousand farmers have committed suicide under these circumstances since 1997. In the state of Andhra Pradesh alone, 4,500 farmers have committed suicide in the past seven years. This does not include the number of family members of farmers who have also killed themselves. www.pbs.org...
The government of Maharashtra admits to 1,447 farm suicides in 2006 alone. And that's in only six districts of Vidharbha. www.globalresearch.ca...
However, food is of course of vital importance and I commend your efforts.