Globalization and Food Policy Impasse in Developing Countries of the World

The early phase of globalization in the 1980s,yet protectionism and greater power for international
agricultural trade was marred with unequal treatmentinstitutions and multinational corporations.
and discrimination among many countries of theHowever, sometimes there might be contradictions in
world. There were many trade disputes that couldglobalizations for agricultural trades with countries like
not be solved by the prevailing law as at that time.India for instance, there were an attempt to
There were restrictions from European union overintegrate the sector with the international market
Moroccan export of tomatoes and other agriculturaljust to reap the economies of comparative
products, and the nagging banana issues with theadvantages by an increase in international markets
United states and the European union.and an explicit policy to develop the domestic
However, with the organization of the world tradeagricultural region for self - sufficiency in food
organization (WTO) many countries of the worldproduction.
particularly the developing countries were happy andSometimes it is very difficult for government to
hence they anticipated the growth and export ofsolve the impending problems of food security in a
their local agricultural products and settlement of allnation and the conflicting irony of making good
trade dispute without any fear or favor.returns from its export. A lot of developing countries
With the mitigation of protectionist trade practice andface this dilemma of an overwhelming financial gains
the elimination of many types of trade distortionstriggered by self centeredness, greed,
and to weaken other forms of domineering barriersmismanagement over her primary goal of providing
to international trade brought by WTO. This gesturethe basic structures and food security for its
brought a lot of difference in the agricultural sectorcitizenry.
by committing a free agricultural trade practices inIf food security is fully managed by developing
many ways from protectionism and domineeringcountries, the long gab for self belonging as against
clutches.the developed nations will be shortened. A good
There is an increased market orientation in agriculturalnumber of agricultural products will be locally
products with a result that provides a long termproduced; and there will be enough to store and
framework over the years to come in reformingenough to be exported. With the organization of
agricultural and domestic policies. It also creates openworld trade organizations and its flexible impacts on
market access, non-tariff border systems aredeveloping countries they will reap good returns from
replaced by substantial tariff systems, there are alsointernational trade boundaries and also see
a reduction in the general tariffs for agriculturalthemselves as the food baskets of the world in
products with an average of 36 per cent interms of agricultural produce. Their will also a
developed countries and 24 per cent in the case ofharmonized trade balance and reduced dilemma in
developing countries of the world.food as a result of globalization between developed
This has literally brought economic integration amongand developing countries.
countries with a movement towards free trade and