Global food security concerns and agricultural trade: Building a responsible and effective relationship

Campos Azofeifa, Adriana; Elverdin, Pablo

Global food security concerns and agricultural trade: Building a responsible and effective relationship

Autores

Campos Azofeifa, Adriana

Elverdin, Pablo

Editor

International Food Policy Research Institute
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

Descripción

Since the Agreement on Agriculture came into effect trade in food has quintupled. The rules agreed under the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) allowed developing countries to join external markets and increase their participation to the point that they now account for two thirds of the overall flow of agricultural trade.