Amazon.com description: Product Description: International trade in foods will rise by as much as 100% over the next decade, with most of the increase generated by OECD countries. Developing nations thus face a reduction in food self-sufficiency and consequent rises in their food import bills. But such an eventuality need not be a disaster. This study argues that food self-sufficiency is already neither a desirable nor feasible national target for most developing countries. Instead, policy should concentrate on rural-based development and a range of food and non-food crops to generate rural incomes and derive maximum advantage from a liberalized agricultural trading system.