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...

Seven trends have a great deal to say about how demand for food will evolve into the 21 st century. They relate to the slow growth in total food demand, diversity in foods, global homogenization of food consumption patterns, demand for convenience, public services related to food, relationships...

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...