The WTO and Food Security Implications for Developing Countries
This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries’ efforts to address the challenge
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The WTO and Food Security Implications for Developing Countries
The WTO and Food Security
Sachin Kumar Sharma
The WTO and Food Security Implications for Developing Countries
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Sachin Kumar Sharma Centre for WTO Studies Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi India
ISBN 978-981-10-2178-7 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2179-4
ISBN 978-981-10-2179-4
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To the teeming millions who spend their life in hunger, food insecurity and poverty
Endorsements
This book demonstrates the need to bridge the chasm that exists between the WTO rules relating to food security and the national circumstances of a number of developing countries. It is an important input into the debate surrounding the attempts of several countries to negotiate a change in these rules in the face of strong resistance from those that aver that trade liberalisation is a sine qua non for food security. The well researched chapters would provide significant guidance to many developing countries in the WTO. Rajeev Kher, Member, Competition Appellate Tribunal and Former Commerce Secretary, Government of India Sachin Sharma offers a timely analysis, with detailed supporting data, of one of the most contentious issues in the WTO: the attempt to limit much-needed policies to address food security in developing countries. India has borne the brunt of the threats to its ambitious National Food Security Act, but Sharma documents that at least 11 other countries face restrictions if the WTO’s arcane rules are not corrected. This is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about food security and the WTO. Timothy A. Wise, Global Development and Environment Institute Tufts
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