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The dilemmas of globalisation

Towards a re-valuation of agriculture

Authors: Groupe de Bruges

Extract from ” www.groupedebruges.eu“

CONTENTS

Introduction

  • * A necessary re-valuation of agriculture

  • * The changing role of agriculture: from food to health care

  • * The big issues relating to agriculture

  • * Globalisation and liberalisation: cause or cure?

  • * From big issues to big dilemmas

  • * The structure of this manifest

  • * The why’s and how’s of this manifest

Globalising world, liberalising markets

  • * Introduction: an exemplary case

  • * Myths and theories on globalisation and liberalisation

Liberalisation: from GATT to WTO

  • * A short history of liberalisation

  • * The changing geo-political landscape

  • * Farmers’ perspective on liberalisation

  • * Are we barking up the wrong tree?

  • * On the importance of global trade

  • * Where do we stand?

The Dilemma of globalisation

  • * Introduction

  • * Dilemma 1, Sustainability and reduction of poverty

  • * Dilemma 2, Can we feed 9 billion people sustainably in 2050?

  • * Intermezzo: can we feed the world on organics?

  • * Dilemma 3, the fight for food, feed and fuel

  • * Dilemma 4, Food or landscape; nurture of nature?

  • * Future outlook

‘Fortress Europe’

  • * One vision, one market: Europe as a success story?

  • * Intermezzo: who wants to be a farmer these days?

  • * The CAP and the dilemmas of globalisation

  • * The future of the CAP: opportunities and threats

A re-valuation of agriculture

  • * Our Common Future revisited

  • * The dilemmas of globalisation and liberalisation: Synthesis

  • * A new approach for the WTO

  • * The CAP and beyond: towards a new vision and new policies

  • * The future of agriculture: towards a re-valuation

  • * Ten questions for future debate

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