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This chapter discusses and seeks to estimate product specific support to wheat in Morocco under WTO regime. ONCIL is a major player in the grain market and plays an important role in providing food security to millions of people in Morocco. In this chapter, product specific support to soft wheat is calculated by assuming eligible production as 100, 50 and 25 % of total grain marketed through ONCIL. Results show that product specific support to soft wheat exceeded the final bound AMS limit under different scenarios. It indicates the policy space erosion for implementing food security policies due to existing provisions of AoA.
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Sharma, S.K. (2016). Morocco: Product Specific Support to Wheat Under WTO Regime. In: The WTO and Food Security. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2179-4_10
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