Title:
Central American agriculture at stake : preliminary study on the position of agricultural workers and small farmers’ organisations in Central America on the proposed association agreement between the European Union and Central America
Authors:
Hernández González, G.
Place:
Utrecht
Publisher:
ICCO
Year:
2008
PAGE:
24
Language:
eng
Subject:
Economic Development and Trade
Keywords:
agriculture
,
trade
,
labour
,
social development
Abstract:
The position of agricultural workers and small farmers’ organisations in Central America on the proposed Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America is examined. Subjects include: (1) the Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America; (2) trade relations between the EU and Central America; (3) Central American agricultural exports to the EU; (4) EU agricultural imports and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); interests and the EU’s negotiating mandate; (5) social and working conditions of the population involved in activities related to the export of agricultural goods to Europe; (6) positions of agro-industrial workers’ unions and small farmers on the Association Agreement between Central America and the EU; and (6) trading status of the main agricultural products exported from Central America to the EU.
Organization:
Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
Region:
Central America
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2008 ICCO
Document type:
Report
File:
114699.pdf