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dc.contributor.authorGayi, Samuel K.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T09:28:03Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-21T09:28:03Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.isbn9291908347en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/63303-
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines the state of food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), based on an analysis of a selection of indicators of food security and nutritional wellbeing during the period 1990-2002 within the context of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It argues that it may be advisable for those SSA countries with both static and dynamic comparative advantage in agriculture to pursue policies towards ‘food self-sufficiency’ as a means to attaining food security, considering their large rural farming population, at least until such time that international trade in agriculture is fully integrated into the WTO disciplines. This is particularly relevant in view of the fact that high agricultural protectionism in the north currently distorts price signals and thus the opportunity costs of allocating factors of production in these economies. The SSA countries that lack comparative advantage in agriculture may want to aim for a ‘food self-reliance’ strategy to attain food security.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2006/60en
dc.subject.jelQ18en
dc.subject.jelN57en
dc.subject.jelF1en
dc.subject.jelF13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordfood securityen
dc.subject.keywordWTO Agreement on Agricultureen
dc.subject.keywordSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.subject.keywordspecial and differential treatmenten
dc.subject.stwNahrungsmittelversorgungen
dc.subject.stwAgraraußenhandelen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsliberalisierungen
dc.subject.stwWTO-Regelnen
dc.subject.stwZentralafrikaen
dc.titleDoes the WTO agreement on agricultural endanger food security in Sub-Saharan Africa?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn514201541en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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