Public food stockholding

Year of publication2021

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractThe paper investigates the basics of public stockholding, exploring the objectives of such programmes, the policy instruments used to achieve them, and their possible market impacts. It also synthesizes country experiences in implementing public stockholding programmes in different regions and presents the evolution of administered and international prices over the last decade. Finally, the paper highlights the main elements of the WTO negotiations on public stockholding for food security, and some of the issues that need to be resolved to help achieve consensus in this area.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

RegionGlobal

ISBN 978-92-5-135104-8

Areas of workTrade Policy and Partnerships

Keywordsfood stocks; impact assessment; markets; agricultural policies; trade policies; regional policies; food prices; price support; negotiation; food security