Media briefing: The WTO and Trade
Media information about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and how it operates. Access our special report, media briefing, useful facts and figures about trade, and what we are asking for
![]() Farmers fighting for trade justice Read stories from Sri Lanka and the Philippines about why fairer trade rules are crucial to the future of ordinary rice farmers trying to work themselves out of poverty |


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![Rice farmer Rodrigo Costanilla, father of seven, farms one hectare, rented from a land-owning family, and says rice is his livelihood [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/philippines/rodrigo_costanilla_rice_farmer/44653-2-eng-GB/rodrigo_costanilla_rice_farmer_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![Woman collects water. The Hassa Hissa Camp for internally displaced persons, outside Zalingei in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region [Paul Jeffrey]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/africa/sudan/woman_collects_water/260093-2-eng-GB/woman_collects_water_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
