New Direction for the Improvements of Special Safeguard for Developing Countries

Jinkyo Suh

Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, 2002, vol. 25, issue 4

Abstract: During the ongoing agricultural negotiations in the WTO, there have been numerous proposals for an agricultural safeguard mechanism to be provided to developing countries as a special and differential treatment measures. This study provides some detailed consideration of the design of such an instrument, focusing on a mechanism to protect small farmers from the damaging effects of temporary fluctuations in the price and quantity of imported staple food that is sensitive from a food security perspective.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.288175

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