[governance] Clinton Admits: "Free" Trade is Harmful to 3rd World

[Deirdre Williams]

I have been following this discussion with interest, particularly as I
belong to Saint Lucia, one of the banana producing countries of the Windward
Islands in the Caribbean.
This morning I read this article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8610427.stm which may interest some of
you. It also deals with the protection of local agriculture, in this case in
some African countries, and in this case using intellectual property rights,
specifically patents.
Can someone advise me please - Ginger?? - should I copy in the text of the
article or is the URL sufficient?
Deirdre

On 8 April 2010 22:19, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jeanette,
>
> Your practical question reminds of something I may have read somewhere
> but can't for the life of me remember, it's about how consumers in the
> West post Copenhagen discussions are into buying green produce and
> chances are if they are consuming something that took so long to get
> to their country, it would have have not been environmentally
> efficient and consumers would soon rather purchase commodity from
> neighbouring region.
>
> I am reminded of bottled water how I watched a documentary (rerun)
> where it said that it takes 8 litres of water to make one bottled
> water etc and how people should just use filters and drink tap water.
>
> Where do we draw the line and how do we trade efficiently and be
> mindful of not trampling on others just because we are giants and we
> can.
>
> I have chillie growing in my yard in Suva, Fiji Islands and would love
> to send you some but quarrantine probably won't allow it.  In Fiji,
> people also dry chillies to preserve them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sala
> On 4/6/10, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> So here's a practical question: Looking in my own refrigerator just now,
> >> I have noticed most of a pack of chillies (cost £0.50) from Morocco,
> >> expiry date 22Mar and they have indeed grown some interesting looking
> >> mold. But I can't eat chillies quickly enough. So what should I do - not
> >> buy them again (smaller packets not available in that shop),
> >
> > You should freeze them. That way they last for many months without
> > losing their flavour. You defrost them within less than a minute by
> > putting them under hot water.
> >
> > and who
> >> should public policy seek to protect - Moroccan farmers, or Moroccan
> >> consumers - in the event that the UK market for chillies reduces, taking
> >> with it the wholesale price.
> >
> > Aren't Moroccan farmers also consumers? I wonder if this is really an
> > either/ or situation. Besides, there might be good reasons to produce
> > and buy food locally even if this implies higher prices. Avoiding long
> > distant transport, might be one, desirable qualities such as taste or
> > organic production methods might be reasons and poverty is certainly
> > also one.
> >
> > jeanette
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