This book provides a multilayered analysis of food import dependency and its impact on food security in the Caribbean region. The study analyses the main impact of trade liberalization in the Caribbean within the WTO framework and main policy mechanisms to support domestic food production in order to reduce food import dependency. Moreover, the author evaluates economic and social benefits of food self-sufficiency as a strategy aimed to improve domestic food production by increased availability of locally produced food products.
1. Introduction
2. Trade Liberalization and Food Import Dependency
3. Import Dependency and Food and Nutritional Security in the Caribbean
3.1 Food Availability
3.2 Food Access
3.3 Food Utilization
3.4 Food Stability
3.5 Main Conclusions
4. Economic and Social Benefits of Increased Food Self-Reliance
4.1 Food Self-Reliance vs. Food Self-Sufficiency
4.2 Main Strategies and Approaches to Revitalize the Agricultural Sector in the Caribbean
4.3 Advantages of Increased Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean
4.4 Disadvantages of Increased Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean
4.5 Main Conclusions
5. Viability of Food Self-Reliance Strategy within the WTO Framework
5.1 Caribbean Agriculture under the WTO Rules
5.2 Outcomes of the Uruguay Round
5.3 Negotiations during the Doha Round
5.4 lă3
![Economic and Social Impacts of Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean [Hardcover]](/itemImage/2/3/4/8/2_799955.jpg "Economic and Social Impacts of Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean [Hardcover] xxx")