This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the
perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture
(AoA) could hamper these countries' efforts to address the challenges of food security. Further
it highlights the need to amend the provisions of the AoA to make WTO rules just and fair for
the millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. This
book highlights that 12 countries namely China Egypt India Indonesia Jordan Kenya Morocco
Pakistan Tunisia Turkey Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing or will face problems in implementing
the food security policies due to the provisions under AoA. These provisions need to be amended
for permitting developing countries to address hunger and undernourishment. Progress in WTO
negotiations on public stockholding for food security purposes are also discussed and analysed.
The findings of this study greatly benefit trade negotiators policymakers civil society
farmers groups researchers students and academics interested in issues related to the WTO
agriculture and food security.
