BENIN: Call to remove subsidies on cotton production
[Aug 04, 2007] President Thomas Boni Yayi has called on the U.S. Congress to remove subsidies on cotton production from the 2007 farm bill, saying the subsidies impoverished millions of African farmers.
BENIN: EU approves subsidy to cotton industry
MEM [Feb 02, 2005] The European Union (EU) has granted E10 million in aid to the struggling cotton industry in Benin, west Africa...
BENIN: Cotton firm SONAPRA treads a tortuous path to privatisation
[Oct 20, 2004] The privatisation of state-owned enterprises is often fraught with difficulties - witness developments at Benin's National Society for Agricultural Advancement (Société nationale pour la promotion agricole, SONAPRA), a cotton-processing firm...
BENIN: Cotton producers decry cotton subsidies
[Jul 05, 2004] A group of poor West African cotton-producing nations, spearheaded by Benin, last week called on World Trade Organization members to bring an end to the cotton subsidy programs of all developed nations within five years.....
BENIN: Reconsider Ban On Importation Of Textile
[Mar 03, 2003] The Ambassador of Benin Republic to Nigeria, Mr Benoit Adekambi, has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to ban the importation of textile from his country...
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