The implications of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture for developing countries

Part 2: Policy implications for agriculture after the Uruguay Round Agreement

The aims of Part 2

Part I detailed the content and implications of the agreement from an administrative and procedural perspective. It aimed to provide an understanding of the concepts that underpin the implementation of the commitments under the Agreement on Agriculture. In Part II we will examine the policy implications behind the Agreement. This will bring the Agreement into the context of policy issues that prevail in developing and least developed countries.

Part II will be divided into four Chapters:

• Chapter 4 examines the impact of the Agreement with respect to Agricultural Trade liberalisation specifically detailing the positive and negative influences on trade and food security in developing and least developed countries.
• Chapter 5 examines the Domestic Policy environment in the light of the commitments and the prevailing economic reform or structural adjustment programmes in developing countries.
• Chapter 6 brings together the various strands regarding food security which have been highlighted throughout the Manual.
• Chapter 7 examines the implications for Regional Trading Agreements both in terms of new constraints arising from the Uruguay Round and also of the internal and external policy opportunities highlighted in Chapters 4 and 5.