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100			_aDamodaran, A.
245			_aWTO agricultural agreement, common property resources and income diversification strategy
260			_c2001
300			_ap.3633-642
362			_a22 Sep
520			_aIn the wake of the dismantling of the quantitative restriction (QR) regimes and the ongoing round of negotiations on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), India and other like-minded developing countries have been raising fundamental concerns on the likely adverse impact of the AoA on their food and livelihood security systems. Simultaneously, the government of India has also initiated measures for carefully monitoring and regulating the import liberalisation process ushered in by the Exim policy 2001-02. Based on these developments, this paper advocates rigorous negotiation positions and proactive programmes of development in order to address the pressing problems arising from the AoA. Developing countries, whose agrarian economies are characterised by `ecosystemic multifunctionality', have the scope for providing income diversification opportunities for the weaker sections of the farming communities through development of common property resources. This then could form the best safety net to contain the fallout of the agri-agreement. - Reproduced
650			_aWorld trade organization
650			_aAgriculture
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a50056
999			_c50056 _d50056