**7. Recommendations**

On the basis of the findings, the study puts forward the following recommendations:


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address dirty tariffication. It can also be improved by applying tariff reductions on a product-by-product basis rather than industry-wide averages in place currently. A review of the Agreement should also be such that affords developing countries with a policy space that gives governments allowance to pursue independent policies such that food security objectives are given

iv.West African and other developing countries should insist on the removal of export subsidies and domestic supports enjoyed by agricultural producers of developed countries from their governments. It is these subsidies and supports that bring down the prices of foreign goods which leads to dumping of the products in African markets, thereby, undermining domestic industries.

The authors wish to acknowledge the African Heritage Institution, Enugu, Nigeria, for allowing the use of its library and space by the authors during the

, Chijioke Francis Onyebukwa1,2

The authors wish to declare that there is no conflict of interest.

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86558*

**Acknowledegments**

course of this research.

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**Author details**

and Queeneth Ekeocha2

1 Madonna University, Nigeria

Emeka C. Iloh1,2\*, Michael Nwokedi3

2 African Heritage Institution, Enugu, Nigeria

\*Address all correspondence to: iloh.emeka@gmail.com

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3 University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

provided the original work is properly cited.

precedent over WTO trade obligations.

*World Trade Organization's Trade Liberalization Policy on Agriculture and Food Security… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86558*

address dirty tariffication. It can also be improved by applying tariff reductions on a product-by-product basis rather than industry-wide averages in place currently. A review of the Agreement should also be such that affords developing countries with a policy space that gives governments allowance to pursue independent policies such that food security objectives are given precedent over WTO trade obligations.

iv.West African and other developing countries should insist on the removal of export subsidies and domestic supports enjoyed by agricultural producers of developed countries from their governments. It is these subsidies and supports that bring down the prices of foreign goods which leads to dumping of the products in African markets, thereby, undermining domestic industries.
