1. House: 40/A, Road: 10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka–1209, Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-815 82 74, Fax: 880-2- 815 9135 E-mail: info@unnayan.org; Website: www.unnayan.org Undercutting Small Farmers Trade Negotiations and the Livelihood of the People Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir

3. AMS in Bangladesh

4. AMS in Bangladesh Compared with India

6. KEY Messages Shrinking government support threatening the livelihood of small farmers Growing subsidies in the exporting countries marginalising small farmers Fundamental Shift in the WTO: From Riches to Need-based Support System

7. Government & Parliament of Bangladesh, World Bank, Influential Northern Governments & Parliaments Primary Output RecipientsTarget Institutions Public debate in Bangladesh Policy makers involved in the process Northern Groups Alliance, Working Group and Secretariat Grassroots Mobilisations Campaigners Operational Strategy and Instruments Instruments Info Bulletin Consultation Meetings MobilisationDemonstration Media (Articles, Workshop) Governments (Letters, Briefings) Parliaments (Letters, Briefings) Nobody educates anybody, nobody educate himself, people educate themselves mutually, through their collective organisations

8. Lessons Differentiating Components Concepts/ Language Themes/Texts/ Discourse Authorities/ Identities Dominion FramingCultural PenetrationPolitical Penetration Change Expansion/ Contraction Intensification/ Simplification Systematisation/ Diffusion Merging/ Factioning MutationRupture