Trade
This organization received much criticism from huge protests at their Seattle meetings in 1999.
What is the World Trade Organization?
Over a billion people in the world live in this condition.
What is poverty?
This part of the Canadian economy has returned to Depression era levels.
What are farm incomes?
The process that integrates world markets for goods, services and finance.
What is globalization?
This continent is the world’s largest coffee producer.
What is South America?
This process makes it easier for corporations to move goods around the world.
What is globalization?
Community Gardens, food cooperatives and good food boxes are some small scale initiatives that increase this locally.
What is food security?
Philip Morris made over 100 billion dollars in revenue in 1998 while the total Canadian gross farm revenues were only this much.
What is 29 billion dollars?
Corporations that cross national boundaries in their fields of operation (production, financing or sales).
What are multi-national (Transnational) corporations?
This country depends on the production and ale of coffee for more than 50% of its revenues.
What is Ethiopia?
This type of trade allows companies to operate without taxes or tariffs.
What is free trade?
The U.N. has stated that getting enough to eat, equal opportunities, a livelihood and a say in the future are these.
What are basic human rights?
This government document outlines Canada’s commitment and strategy to reducing hunger and food insecurity at home and internationally.
What is "Canada's Action Plan for Food Security"?
The FTAA which will incorporate countries from Latin America, except Cuba, is an expansion of this older trading agreement.
What is the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
Coffee is the second to this most traded international product.
What is oil?
This type of trade ensures that the producers get enough money for their work.
What is fair trade?
When people do not have access to safe, nutritious and culturally acceptable food, they suffer from this.
What is food insecurity?
Fewer than six companies control this percent of the world trade in grain.
What is 70%?
What FTAA stands for.
What is the Free Trade Area of the Americas?
As well as coffee these two beverages are fairly traded.
What are tea and orange juice?
These institutions benefit the most from free trade.
What are corporations?
This international agreement is intended to increase international trade in food and agriculture.
What is the Agreement on Agriculture?
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization set aside October 16th each year to recognize this.
What is World Food Day?
This proposed trade agreement includes Canada and four Central American counties.
What is the CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement)?
This country imports more coffee than any other.
What is the United States?