In fact the study predicts that grain production per person will increase by about 10 per cent to the year 2016. This impressive growth in global grain trade underlines the important role of trade in promoting food security. Much of these gains would flow to those countries with highly protected agricultural sectors. But developing export countries would also gain from higher prices and greater export opportunities. One of our concerns has been to put the current debate about food security on a more balanced and objective basis and to clear up some of the misunderstandings surrounding food security and trade liberalisation.
Trade liberalisation is an important driving force behind economic growth.
The report concludes that more liberal trading policies, including those flowing from the Uruguay Round, will increase world incomes in aggregate and enhance food security.