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Book (stand-alone)Trade policy and food and nutrition security
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015-16 Background paper
2015Also available in:
No results found.This work contributes to the empirical debate on the impact of agricultural policies on food and nutrition security (FNS). To this aim, it first summarizes some of the arguments and conceptual issues regarding the relationship between agricultural policies and FNS. The work presents some results providing empirical evidence of a significant impact of agricultural policies on food availability. The paper also shows that governments may be tempted to provide ‘too much of a good thing’, since the h ighest levels of support are associated with lower levels of performances in terms of food availability. -
Book (stand-alone)Food security, developing countries and multilateral trade rules
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015-16 Background Paper
2015Also available in:
The WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is frequently criticised for not taking sufficient account of the needs of developing countries to pursue policies necessary to promote their food security. This paper assesses the extent to which existing and proposed rules limit the policy space that developing countries might want. It also explores the way in which AoA rules - under the headings of import protection, domestic support and the ability to respond to volatile world market prices - enable tra de to make a positive contribution to food security, while also highlighting areas where the absence of rules, incomplete rules or inappropriate rules hinder the role that trade can make. -
Book (stand-alone)Lost in translation: the fractured conversation about trade and food security
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015-16 Background Paper
2015Also available in:
No results found.There is heated debate among policy-makers and civil society about the impact of trade and trade policies on food security. This paper speculates on the reasons for such fractured and antagonistic discussion in the hope that a better understanding of these reasons may lead to more convergent views as to which policies and approaches are appropriate. The paper argues that part of the disagreement emerges from: (i) the different meanings attached to trade (Section 2); (ii) the multidimensional nat ure of food and nutrition security, and the large numbers of potential indicators for both concepts (Section 3); and (iii) the variety of channels that may link food and nutrition security to trade issues (Section 4). All three aspects complicate empirical assessment of the interactions between trade and food and nutrition security (Section 5).
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