Fair trade organisations warn against newly increased European Union (EU) quotas for milk production and continued high export subsidies, which will lead to increased milk and butter dumping on world markets. EU dairy products already dominate the African market.
Especially when it comes to milk, EU policies are ruining local development. "Milk produced by local famers in Burkina Faso and sold on domestic markets is more expensive than imported milk powder from Europe," according to MISEROR. "These dumping prices of imported products ruin local farmers' only source of income. This process increases poverty, hunger and forces more people to migrate to cities in order to earn an income," the organisation adds.
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