...Joseph A. McMahon Purpose The purpose is to chart the negotiations on the issue of food security which was identified as a non-trade concern by the Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) and how developing Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) suggested that that concern should be addressed...

...Ronjini Ray; Jamshed Ahmad Siddiqui Purpose This paper aims to highlight the lacunae in international trade law concerning unilateral economic sanctions that impact food security. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a literature review to establish that unilateral economic sanctions...

... forward in the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. Design/methodology/approach At the WTO, PSH for food security is considered a trade-distorting price support measure when food stocks are purchased from farmers at administered prices instead of market prices. The price support is measured...

... and showing that the two main institutional regimes governing it interact and shape rules along three main themes: the centrality of donor States’ self-interests, the relationship between international food assistance and trade liberalization and the goal of achieving food security for the beneficiaries...

...Rajeshwari Dasgupta Purpose Gender-differentiated role obligations, constraints and dependencies affect food security dynamics across peri-urban and rural areas. This paper aims to understand how periods of crisis disproportionately exacerbate hardships for female populations in such areas...