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As we have previously stated, we object to the premises on which the reform of the Common Market Organisation for Sugar is predicated. It is being used as a bargaining chip by the EU to obtain benefits in the trade in industrial goods and services, and is a further example of the liberalisation of the worldwide farming trade, a phenomenon that promotes competition and concentrates production into the framework of the international division of labour.
This policy penalises small and medium-sized enterprises in the sector in the most economically developed countries. It also leads to monoculture, the concentration of holdings and the abandonment of farming by millions of country people in poor and developing countries, which in turn undermines their food sovereignty and safety.
This report aims to improve upon some of the Commission’s proposals for the signatories to the Sugar Protocol, yet falls a long way short of what is required, because it does not even question, let alone reject, its basic premise, namely its liberalising approach.
The report’s main proposal is to offset the ‘serious social, economic and environmental consequences’ that the ‘adjustment process’ will have on these countries.
To sum this up in one sentence, the losers will be the farmers and food sovereignty, whereas the winners will be agri-business and the major distributors."@en1
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