Kerala Planning Board

Structure of the report

The report is structured in two parts. Part I, the attached volume, documents the deliberations, findings and recommendations of the Commission. This volume has two sections. Section A summarises the deliberations, findings and recommendations. Section B, entitled ‘Detailed Report’, describes the implications of India’s entry into WTO and accession to the Agreement on Agriculture on Kerala's farm economy, and the approaches, strategies, and measures recommended in mitigating the adverse impact and overcoming the challenges as well as on capitalising the opportunities. Generic recommendations indicating concerns for resolution to be taken to international fora, especially the forthcoming Ministerial Conference at Cancun, Mexico, and at the level of the Government of India as well as the Government of Kerala. There are also generic recommendations specific to Kerala. Commodity/product specific challenges, opportunities and recommendations covering major commodities and crops follows. This volume ends with a set of Annexures which contain the membership and TOR of the Commission, some essential data on commodity prices, the interim recommendations submitted by the Commission from time to time, and the tariff rates prevailed at various time points.

Downloading instructions

In order to facilitate retrieving the report put on the floppy/web site the report is split into five parts from I to V. Each part is split into files and they are numbered sequentially. A print out of the report is obtained if the files are downloaded in the sequence in which they are numbered.

Report of the Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture ‘ Building a Sustainable Agricultural Trade Security System for Kerala’.
Structure of the report The report is structured in two parts. Part I, the attached volume, documents the deliberations, findings and recommendations of the Commission. This volume has two sections. Section A summarises the deliberations, findings and recommendations. Section B, entitled ‘Detailed Report’, describes the implications of India’s entry into WTO and accession to the Agreement on Agriculture on Kerala's farm economy, and the approaches, strategies, and measures recommended in mitigating the adverse impact and overcoming the challenges as well as on capitalising the opportunities. Generic recommendations indicating concerns for resolution to be taken to international fora, especially the forthcoming Ministerial Conference at Cancun, Mexico, and at the level of the Government of India as well as the Government of Kerala. There are also generic recommendations specific to Kerala. Commodity/product specific challenges, opportunities and recommendations covering major commodities and crops follows. This volume ends with a set of Annexures which contain the membership and TOR of the Commission, some essential data on commodity prices, the interim recommendations submitted by the Commission from time to time, and the tariff rates prevailed at various time points. Downloading instructions In order to facilitate retrieving the report put on the floppy/web site the report is split into five parts from I to V. Each part is split into files and they are numbered sequentially. A print out of the report is obtained if the files are downloaded in the sequence in which they are numbered.
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