| Abstract |
Given generally poor WTO-literacy at the state level on the one hand, and the constitutional imperative to evolve India's agricultural policy response to WTO based on state level consultations with local stakeholders on the other, this study used a semi-structured questionnaire and involved almost all Agro-Economic Research Centers
to sensitize and record stakeholder responses from as many as 14 states. The recorded responses together with the progress of India's WTO negotiations till the end of the Hong Kong Round are analysed to draw lessons as well as several action points to initiate a move towards evolving India's agricultural policy response to WTO based on
assessments and aspirations of stakeholders at the state level. |