Developing Agricultural Trade: New Roles for Government in Poor Countries

by Michael Hubbard

Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market developments, ensuring quality and providing food security by giving income assistance rather than controlling food supplies. The issue of how this process...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333736192
• ISBN13: 9780333736197
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 9.0"