World Food Security: The Effect of U.S. Farm Policy

Mark E. Smith

No 309554, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The United States has supported world food security through food aid and development assistance. However, domestic U.S. agricultural policies have an even greater effect on food security. As those domestic policies change, they have direct effects on world food security through the level of stocks and prices of certain commodities. Domestic policies will indirectly affect U.S. food aid programs through the same mechanisms, which should generate debate among the coalition of groups that support food aid. The 1990 farm bill and the GATT negotiations offer opportunities and challenges to strengthen world food security.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990-04
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/309554/files/aib600.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersab:309554

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309554

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().