G-33 countries call for permanent public stockholding solution for food security

New Delhi: Ahead of the 13th ministerial conference of World Trade Organization (WTO), a majority of the G-33 countries, a coalition of developing nations known as the “Friends of Special Products” in agriculture, have called for a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security in a ministerial statement on agriculture trade negotiations released on Sunday. The statement emphasized the crucial role of public stockholding in ensuring food and livelihood security, rural development, and support for low-income or resource-poor producers in developing countries, including least developed countries (LDCs) and net food-importing developing countries (NFIDCs). India, China, and Indonesia, among others,…