Pulverising pow(d)er: the impact of incoherent European policies on dairy farmers in Tanzania and Jamaica
Verwer , S. / 2001

The paper examines how Europe?s common agriculture policy (CAP) is operated and influences the livelihoods of dairy farmers in Tanzania and Jamaica in order to demonstrate how European policy can hamper the development of farmers in developing countries. It argues the problems faced by farmers result from an inconsistency between the objectives of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Europe's development objectives, as defined in the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties (1992, 1996).