In prospective trade negotiations food security needs of poor countries should receive special consideration. Developing countries seeking to improve their food selfreliance should not be denied opportunities to use minimum price supports, management of grain stocks, and protection from lowprice...

Wage, price, and monetary policies during the Gorbachev years have been most responsible for the food crisis in the republics of the former USSR, not problems in agricultural production. These non-agricultural policies distorted demand, weakened the distribution system, and created inflationary...