Food Security in the Developing Countries within the Globalisation Process

There are still hungry people in the world in the 2151 century, however, in some regions there are surpluses of food. According to the FAO the number of undernourished people rises to 963 million compared with 923 million in 2007. Hunger (and poverty as well) is concentrated in the developing countries in agriculture and rural areas. Therefore economic growth is needed to decrease the level of undernourished population (e.g., increasing the level of food security). It should be connected with agricultural development and international trade liberalisation within the globalisation process and the scarcity of natural resources. The article discusses the WTO agricultural negotiation and its effect on developing countries. The agenda of agricultural trade liberalisation, which was established on the Uruguay Round, did not fulfil the expectations of poor countries. Liberalisation itself was not a sufficient factor to spur trade. The additional barriers were placed for example in agricultural policy of the developed countries, the imperfect agricultural market and the lack of infrastructure and institutions. In the process of creating new world trade regime people have to consider evolution of the world agriculture, motives and levels of agricultural sector support, implementation of new technology and climate changes. The trade liberalisation should be accompanied by coherent policies both at national and international level.