| The early phase of globalization in the 1980s, | | | | yet protectionism and greater power for international |
| agricultural trade was marred with unequal treatment | | | | institutions and multinational corporations. |
| and discrimination among many countries of the | | | | However, sometimes there might be contradictions in |
| world. There were many trade disputes that could | | | | globalizations 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 over | | | | integrate the sector with the international market |
| Moroccan export of tomatoes and other agricultural | | | | just to reap the economies of comparative |
| products, and the nagging banana issues with the | | | | advantages 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 trade | | | | agricultural region for self - sufficiency in food |
| organization (WTO) many countries of the world | | | | production. |
| particularly the developing countries were happy and | | | | Sometimes it is very difficult for government to |
| hence they anticipated the growth and export of | | | | solve the impending problems of food security in a |
| their local agricultural products and settlement of all | | | | nation 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 and | | | | face this dilemma of an overwhelming financial gains |
| the elimination of many types of trade distortions | | | | triggered by self centeredness, greed, |
| and to weaken other forms of domineering barriers | | | | mismanagement over her primary goal of providing |
| to international trade brought by WTO. This gesture | | | | the basic structures and food security for its |
| brought a lot of difference in the agricultural sector | | | | citizenry. |
| by committing a free agricultural trade practices in | | | | If food security is fully managed by developing |
| many ways from protectionism and domineering | | | | countries, the long gab for self belonging as against |
| clutches. | | | | the developed nations will be shortened. A good |
| There is an increased market orientation in agricultural | | | | number of agricultural products will be locally |
| products with a result that provides a long term | | | | produced; and there will be enough to store and |
| framework over the years to come in reforming | | | | enough to be exported. With the organization of |
| agricultural and domestic policies. It also creates open | | | | world trade organizations and its flexible impacts on |
| market access, non-tariff border systems are | | | | developing countries they will reap good returns from |
| replaced by substantial tariff systems, there are also | | | | international trade boundaries and also see |
| a reduction in the general tariffs for agricultural | | | | themselves as the food baskets of the world in |
| products with an average of 36 per cent in | | | | terms of agricultural produce. Their will also a |
| developed countries and 24 per cent in the case of | | | | harmonized 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 among | | | | and developing countries. |
| countries with a movement towards free trade and | | | | |