| High-Level Round Table on Agricultural Trade Reform and Food Security FAO Rome 13 April 2005 | |
| Why trade matters for improving food security |
| The WTO also contributes in more specific ways to food security. Ensuring efficient production and distribution of food supplies is however only part of the food security equation. Hunger and malnutrition are almost always the result of poverty. Seen in this light one of the most concrete ways which the WTO can contribute to improving food security is by providing the opportunity to raise income levels through economic growth. As is recognized in the Rome Declaration and Plan of Action — trade is a key element for food security — as it stimulates economic growth. It permits the efficient transfer of food supplies from surplus to deficit regions. It allows countries to become self-reliant rather than trying to become self-sufficient regardless of cost. The other major contribution that the WTO can make is of course in terms of the impact of trade policy on agricultural production. A common policy for governments seeking to enhance food security via self-sufficiency is to maintain high border protection and high internal prices to encourage domestic production. |
Auteur: Panitchpakdi S.
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Publisher: World Trade Organization (WTO) Année: 2005
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| Mot clef: Policy , Économie . |
| Catégorie de document: Communiqué de presse | Langue: Anglais |