Posts Tagged ‘ subsidy ’

Bowring: Getting sugar right

May 23rd, 2008 | By atsil | Category: Read the World

By Philip Bowring (International Herald Tribune)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
Sugar subsidies in the West have done much to turn world food markets upside down.



Rise in food price sharpens argument about EU farm policy

May 21st, 2008 | By atsil | Category: Read the World

By James Kanter and Stephen Castle (International Herald Tribune)
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
The rise in prices added a new element to the long-running debate over EU farm subsidies, with some governments seeing a new reason to cut payouts and defenders countering that the system is needed more than ever before.



Time for a timeout on corn ethanol

May 13th, 2008 | By atsil | Category: Read the World

(The New York Times)
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
The U.S. Congress should realign its tax and subsidy programs to encourage the biofuels that will not compete for the world’s food supply.