Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution?

The use of public food stocks for food security purposes is a hotly debated topic in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see Díaz-Bonilla, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). That debate needs to consider both the legal standing of public food stocks under the WTO framework, but...

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Main Author: Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148176
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description The use of public food stocks for food security purposes is a hotly debated topic in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see Díaz-Bonilla, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). That debate needs to consider both the legal standing of public food stocks under the WTO framework, but, also, the more substantive issue of whether those instruments make sense in economic terms, particularly whether they are the best option to achieve food security. In this chapter I discuss briefly both aspects, starting with the economic considerations and then moving on to legal issues (a more detailed discussion of both topics can be found in Díaz-Bonilla, 2013, 2014, 2017a and 2017b).
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spelling CGSpace1481762025-11-06T03:58:15Z Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution? Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio exports agricultural products agricultural policies trade wto trade agreements The use of public food stocks for food security purposes is a hotly debated topic in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see Díaz-Bonilla, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). That debate needs to consider both the legal standing of public food stocks under the WTO framework, but, also, the more substantive issue of whether those instruments make sense in economic terms, particularly whether they are the best option to achieve food security. In this chapter I discuss briefly both aspects, starting with the economic considerations and then moving on to legal issues (a more detailed discussion of both topics can be found in Díaz-Bonilla, 2013, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:59Z 2024-06-21T09:23:59Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148176 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141991 Open Access application/pdf Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio. 2017. Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution? In Agricultural trade interests and challenges at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires: A Southern Cone perspective. Piñeiro, Valeria and Piñeiro, Martín (Eds.). Chapter 4. Pp. 55-70. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) et al.: San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution?
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