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b) 2015 Nairobi Package:

WTO members adopted a historic decision to eliminate agricultural export subsidies. Developed countries to eliminate immediately, except for a handful of agriculture products, while developing countries to end it by 2018. This step has been taken to fulfill the key target of Sustainable Development Goal on Zero Hunger by 2030.

WTO members agreed to engage constructively in finding a permanent solution to

developing countries' use of public stockholding programmes for food security purposes.

Ministers also agreed to continue negotiations on a special safeguard mechanism

(SSM) that would allow developing countries to temporarily raise tariffs on agriculture products in cases of import surges or price falls.