University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Soren E. Frandsen and Sherman Robinson -- 2. Review of the EU common agricultural policy / Soren E. Frandsen and Aage Walter-Jorgensen -- 3. The common agricultural policy in an enlarged Europe : bright or bleak prospects for Africa? / Birgitte Gersfelt and Hans G. Jensen -- 4. US agricultural policy : the 2002 farm bill and WTO Doha round proposals / David Orden -- 5. The effects of domestic agricultural reforms and market access on trade and production in less developed countries / Sherman Robinson and Karen E. Thierfelder -- 6. Potential coalitions and convergence in the Doha round / Kim Martin Lind and Christian Bjornskov -- 7. Assessing the Harbinson draft on modalities in the WTO agriculture negotiations / Soren E. Frandsen, Hans G. Jansen, Kim M. Lind, Poul P. Melgaard and Wusheng Yu -- 8. Food security and the World Trade Organization : a typology of countries / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Marcelle Thomas, Sherman Robinson and Andrea Cattaneo -- 9. A proposal for combating acute food shortages based on sub-Saharan African needs / Kim M. Lind -- 10. Thinking inside the boxes : protection in the development and food security boxes versus investments in the green box / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Xinshen Diao and Sherman Robinson -- 11. That was then but this is now : multifunctionality in industry and agriculture / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla and Jonathan Tin -- 12. Trade in genetically modified food : promises and pitfalls for the poor / Chantal Pohl Nielsen and Karen Thierfelder -- 13. Is the everything but arms initiative the way to go for least developed countries in the WTO negotiations? / Wusheng Yu and Trine Vig Jensen -- 14. New regionalism in the aftermath of Cancun : to the benefit or detriment of developing countries? / Chantal Pohl Nielsen.

"WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization arises from a joint project between the Food and Resource Economics Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington. It analyses the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. The project addressed the main issues raised by groups debating trade and development issues (which include developing countries' governments, politicians, farmers' organizations, NGOs, trade specialists and development specialists) by applying quantitative techniques. The main focus is on food security, poverty and other topics such as multifunctionality, biotechnology and regional agreements, as an input to policy reform within the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The results have been presented in a way that is usable by interested parties in developing countries. This book will be of significant interest to those researching and working in agricultural economics, development studies and law."--Jacket.