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A mini-Ministerial negotiation meeting at WTO was held on July 21-29, 2008 at Geneva to achieve a breakthrough in Doha round collapsed. The ongoing debate over agricultural trade liberalization focuses on how best to eliminate policy distortions that arise from price supports, producer subsidies, import protection and export subsidies. Although the most recent attempts to reach an agreement under the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) have been unsuccessful to date, the push for greater trade liberalization is unrelenting so it seems that further reform of the world agriculture market is inevitable. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) has far-reaching implications for the global farm trade and economic prospects of developing and least developed countries. The book traces the history of GATT and evolution of WTO gives an authoritative analysis of the provisions of the WTO agreements relating to agriculture, and reviews the development in the farm trade negotiations up to the recent impasse.This is followed by estimation of the impact of WTO on world farm trade. The study examines the AoA implementation experience of India, and assesses the implications of WTO for Indian agriculture. In this process, the book suggests ways of negotiating and strategizing for developing and least developed countries. The book offers the domestic policy reforms to grab the opportunities thrown by the WTO in Indian case. The book is useful for the students and researchers of economics, agricultural marketing, commerce, business administration and law. The book is also worthwhile to: policymakers, planners, trade development agencies, opinion makers, negotiators, practitioners and all those interested in the elemination of rural poverty and welfare of Indian farmers in enriching their understanding of the impact of WTO on pattern of world farm trade, India`s comparative advantage in farm trade, intricacies of the WTO rules and present state of Indian agriculture vis-à-vis WTO obligations.
ISBN 9788189630119
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Pages : 267
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