ABSTRACT
Developed countries extensively use trade-distorting measures to support their farmers, ensuring their domestic food supply. In recent years, developed countries have significantly promoting biofuel programs so that they burn a large amount of food to fuel their economy. The rest of the food surpluses are sold or provided as aid to other countries. Many poor developing countries do not have enough food. They struggle with hunger, malnutrition, and related economic, social, and political problems. There are two significant obstacles for developing countries agricultural exports. First, food dumping by developed countries in the past few decades has substantially reduced agricultural productivity in developing countries. Second, the increasing use of food crops for other purposes has significantly reduced the availability of food being distributed to hungry people. The former factor is the consequence of the long history of distorted agricultural trade, and the latter contributes to the change of international agricultural trade rules.
