International and Domestic Trade Regulations To Secure the Food Supply

In a time of global warming, of financial crisis, and of a crisis in food
availability we need to ask how the food supply can be secured into the
future. The present article considers the extent to which food security is at
risk and considers how this risk is currently addressed through
international and domestic trade regulation. It gives particular attention to
the problems of the poor in the face of increasing biofuel production. It
argues that sustainable results can only come about if the interests of the
most vulnerable groups of the community are addressed at the international
level. In particular, the current regulatory frameworks need to be enforced
in order to ensure the food security of the world’s population.