| The issue of the development of agricultures in the world is central to the future of societies largely organized and built around the farming world. |
| These first inhabitants, from whom the Papuan people are probably descended, adapted to the range of ecologies and, in time, developed one of the earliest known agricultures. |
| The fear of seeing their local agricultures threatened by the opening-up of their markets, even if this takes place progressively, is not allayed by EU proposals. |
| Sovereignty therefore includes the facility for states to protect themselves when imports threaten their agricultures. |
