Achieving agricultural development through agricultural trade: what do developing countries need from trade negotiations?

P. Misika

Achieving agricultural development through agricultural trade: what do developing countries need from trade negotiations?

2004

P. Misika

This paper focuses on the multilateral agricultural and related trade negotiations taking place under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It attempts to only cover what Namibia, as a developing country, needs from trade negotiations. Emphasis is placed on a need for an equitable global agricultural trading system.The main points raised in the paper include:world agriculture trade has the scope and potential to liberate humanity from the scourge of hunger, malnutrition and povertyagricultural trade equality can not be realised in a world agriculture trade environment where the rules of play are biased and skewed in favour of developed nationswhat developing countries need from negotiations is the requisite political will and commitment to acknowledge the current inherent imbalances of the WTO in it’s present formthere is an urgent need for an all inclusive trade coalition using an all inclusive world agriculture trade strategyimproved market access and other related reforms should contribute to raising export earnings, which are fundamental for improving the capacity of developing countries to import food.[adapted from author]

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