Year of publication 2018

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Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Pages 112

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Publisher FAO ;

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Product type Book (stand-alone)

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ISBN 978-92-5-130565-2

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Global agricultural trade has increased significantly in value terms since 2000. Its pattern has also changed – emerging economies and developing countries play a bigger role in international markets, and South–South agricultural trade has expanded significantly. Climate change is expected to affect agriculture, food security and nutrition unevenly across countries and regions. Changes in comparative advantage in agriculture around the world will also affect international trade. This edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets focuses on the complex and underexplored intersection between agricultural trade, climate change and food security. The report makes an important contribution to the policy debates on climate change adaptation and mitigation under the Paris Agreement and the multilateral agricultural trade rules. The report discusses policies – both domestic support and trade measures – that can promote food security, adaptation and mitigation, and improve the livelihoods of family farmers around the world. Given both the slow- and rapid-onset impacts of climate change, policies that can significantly promote climate change adaptation and mitigation would benefit from deeper discussions in international fora on how to strengthen the mutually supportive role of trade rules and climate interventions.

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The following background papers are available:

• Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Global Food Security
• Maize markets in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) in the context of climate change
• Impacts of climate change on the production and trade of seafood
• Climate Change and Rice Economy in Asia: Implications for trade policy
• Potential conflicts between agricultural trade rules and climate change treaty commitments
• Climate change and global market integration: Implications for global economic activities, agricultural commodities and food security
• Border and related measures in the context of adaptation and mitigation to climate change
• Climate change, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and agricultural trade
• Trade, food security and climate change: conceptual linkages and policy implications
• Domestic Support Measures in the Context of Adaptation / Mitigation to Climate Change

The following complementary information are available:

• Download the Brief
• Read the Flyer

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Language English

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Also available in:

• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

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