Representatives of the world food summit call for a solution to the problem of agricultural subsidies

Introduction: representatives of all countries participating in the five-year review conference of the world food summit continued to speak at the conference on November 11, Xinhua News Agency reported In their speeches, they called for the solution of the problem of agricultural subsidies to provide a fair place for developing countries to compete In his statement, the head of Pakistan's delegation, Minister of food and agriculture Gu Neijiu, said that the high subsidy of developed countries to their exports was the number one problem to be solved in the field of world trade, which exacerbated the food crisis in developing countries He said developed countries spend as much as $1 billion a day on agricultural subsidies, preventing farmers in developing countries from getting fair competition India's agriculture minister, Ajit, said in his speech that it is ironic that developed countries use hundreds of billions of dollars a year to subsidize the relatively rich agricultural population with a small population This has set an obstacle to the efforts of developing countries to support their large number of poor farmers, and this distortion of the market has hindered the reform of agricultural trade He said there should be a ceiling on agricultural subsidies in developed countries and a significant reduction in their spending to support agricultural projects He also proposed the development of food security provisions in the WTO negotiations on agricultural agreements Ajit also expressed concern about the decline of ODA in developed countries, especially in the areas of agriculture and rural development He said that the developed countries have the ability to abide by the commitments they have made and increase the investment in agriculture and rural development in developing countries In a statement, Brazil's minister of agriculture and supply, demorice, said that agricultural subsidies create an artificial competition that distorts the flow of goods and reduces commodity prices, which are the basic elements of trade balance in developing countries According to OECD estimates, if its members reduce domestic agricultural subsidies by 10 per cent, up to $1 billion a day, the price of international agricultural products will rise by 2.2 per cent, benefiting developing countries 　　     In his speech, Philippine vice president and foreign minister jangona said that poor countries and rich countries should trade in a fair "playing field" Developed countries should abandon the idea that the world trade organization is a "game" made by rich countries for the benefit of rich countries, and stop subsidizing and dumping agricultural exports Gingona said that special or different treatment should be recognized, rather than blocking the access of developing countries to rich countries' agricultural markets in the name of free trade and economic globalization He called for the creation of a fair place for competition for developing countries so that they can eliminate hunger and poverty as soon as possible (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: