Also, the general category of developing countries is very heterogeneous and is not very useful if the focus is on issues of food security. Finally, our typology shows that all industrialized countries are included in food secure categories. This result suggests that the notion of food security introduced as part of the multifunctionality of agriculture, or, more generally, among non-trade concerns has a very different meaning in developed and developing countries. In terms of policy implications and the agricultural negotiations, maintaining the same label for two altogether different situations may only obscure the issues being negotiated. Download full-text discussion paper .
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