The 1998-99 edition of the Cereal Policies Review is the eighth in the annual series on recent developments in national cereal policies and other issues of direct or indirect relevance with regional or global implications for cereals. The series was first launched in 1990-91 in response to the considerable interest in developments in cereal policies and their implications at both the national and international level. In particular, we hope that...

The 1997-98 edition of Cereal Policies Review is the seventh of an annual series on recent developments in national cereal policies. The series is a response to the considerable interest in developments in cereal policies in both the national and international arenas. It is hoped that the information provided will be of use to policy-makers and others concerned with the broader issues of agricultural development and food security.