Economic and Social Impacts of Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean

Ekaterina Dorodnykh

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319501871
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319501888
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Economic and Social Impacts of Food Self-Reliance in the Caribbean
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Trade Liberalization and Food Import Dependency
• 3 Import Dependency, and Food and Nutritional Security in the Caribbean
• 4 Economic and Social Benefits of Increased Food Self-Reliance
• 5 Viability of Food Self-Reliance Strategy within the WTO Framework
• 6 Research Design and Methods
• 7 Empirical Analysis
• 8 Policies and Strategies for Food Self-Reliance
• 9 Conclusions and Recommendations
• Appendix 1: Trade liberalization, food-import dependency and food security
• Appendix 2: Food imports of selected food groups (MT)
• Appendix 3: Top 25 imported commodities from fruits & vegetables group in the Caribbeana
• Appendix 4: Estimated economic impacts of replacing 10 per cent of selected food imports
• References
• Index