Nahrung, Sicherheit und Freihandel: Wie globale Paradigmen und Interdependenzen den Policy Space nationaler Akteure einschränken

Abstract

The liberalization efforts of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with regard to agriculture were supposed to create a fair global trade system and international food security. But instead, the Agreement on Agriculture of the WTO, in the context of a global development paradigm focussed on capital-intensive agriculture, led to the reduction of policy space of national actors. In various emerging economies this led to narrow agricultural development policies, which negatively affected small-scale agriculture. But also large-scale, exportoriented agriculture felt significant pressure because the industrialized countries did not follow through on their commitments. Against this background, the negotiations for a new international trade agreement are stagnating. At the same time, the situation of small-scale farmers and landless people has worsened.