Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?

Following implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement, reductions in price support programs, mainly in developed countries, will lead to reductions in food surpluses and stocks. As the developing countries open up their markets to world price signals, they could be hurt by fluctuations in prices,...

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Main Author: Islam, Nurul
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1996
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157156
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description Following implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement, reductions in price support programs, mainly in developed countries, will lead to reductions in food surpluses and stocks. As the developing countries open up their markets to world price signals, they could be hurt by fluctuations in prices, especially in the event of shortfalls and high food prices, unless measures to alleviate instability are undertaken. The Uruguay Round agreement can be an instrument for helping the developing countries to achieve food security by 2020 and to assure access to basic food for all. Steps need to be taken to ensure that developing countries, with assistance from the international community, are able to deal with the adverse effects of high food price instability. The author outlines four major policy actions which should be considered.
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spelling CGSpace1571562025-01-10T06:30:09Z Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020? Islam, Nurul agriculture Following implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement, reductions in price support programs, mainly in developed countries, will lead to reductions in food surpluses and stocks. As the developing countries open up their markets to world price signals, they could be hurt by fluctuations in prices, especially in the event of shortfalls and high food prices, unless measures to alleviate instability are undertaken. The Uruguay Round agreement can be an instrument for helping the developing countries to achieve food security by 2020 and to assure access to basic food for all. Steps need to be taken to ensure that developing countries, with assistance from the international community, are able to deal with the adverse effects of high food price instability. The author outlines four major policy actions which should be considered. 1996 2024-10-24T12:47:45Z 2024-10-24T12:47:45Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157156 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Islam, Nurul. 1996. Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020? 2020 Policy Brief 34. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157156
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Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title_full Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title_fullStr Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title_full_unstemmed Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title_short Implementing the Uruguay Round: increased food price stability by 2020?
title_sort implementing the uruguay round increased food price stability by 2020
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