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Food Security and Agriculture in the Low Income, Food- Deficit countries: 10 years after the Uruguay Round

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Prabhu Pingali (Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization)
Randy Stringer (Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization)
Abstract

This paper reviews agricultural and food security performances of developing countries after the Uruguay Round. In particular, issues and trends relevant to the interests of the low income food deficit and the net food importing countries are examined as the world prepares for further trade negotiations. The paper attempts to answer several questions, including: How has food security in the low income countries been affected over the past ten years? Are agricultural policies evolving in ways that take advantage of emerging trade opportunities? Despite the gains in global and national food availability, food security remains an especially persistent and elusive development problem. The late 1990s food insecurity data are worrisome, with emerging signs of uneven and slowing progress. Most of the recent food security problems are due to food shortages caused by civil unrest, wars and drought – age old problems that endure today.

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Paper provided by Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) in its series Working Papers with number 03-18.

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Date of creation: 2003
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Keywords: Agricultural development; Agricultural policies; Agricultural products; Economic growth; Food aid; Food security; Imports; International trade; Poverty; Trade; Trade agreements; Trade barriers; Trade liberalization;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
O13 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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