AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY:
ISSUES AND OPTIONS
IN THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Vol. I - Issues and options

Report and papers of an FAO Symposiumheld at Geneva on 23 - 24 September 1999

Commodities and Trade Division
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome2000

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2
AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY: AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUES

Chapter 3
MAJOR TRENDS IN GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL
MARKETS AND THE MEDIUM-TERM OUTLOOK

Chapter 4
EXPERIENCE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE

Chapter 5
ISSUES AT STAKE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT PLAN OF ACTION

Chapter 6
OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE

ANNEX
Programme and List of Panellists and other Speakers

Paper No. 1
Salient trends in world agricultural production, demand and trade and in food security

Paper No. 2
Developments in global agricultural markets, 1995-1998

Paper No. 4
Issues at stake relating to agricultural development, trade and food security

Paper No. 5
Food security and the WTO trade negotiations: key issues raised by the World Food Summit

Paper No. 6
Measures to enhance agricultural development, trade and food security in the context of the WTO negotiations