U.S. agriculture and third world development

with this volume, the Carry Foundation presents the third in a series of puls lic policy studies that have examined the predominantes in 15 d ture as they have unfolded since 1981. Those sues in the order that we have seen them evolve, are domestic farm policy, agricultural trade, and now agriculture and the developing world.

This particular evolution reflects two powerful themes that in turn re flect what is perhaps most critical not only to the health of US agriculture but to the well-being of the economy of the United States as a whole US interdependence with the rest of the world, and the increasing importance of the developing nations in the global economy

The United States is entering ever more difficult times in which these themes are salient, yet, the trend toward insularity in international affairs and protectionism in international trade in particular, should warn us that these themes are increasingly under attack. We hope this volume helps il luminate the consequences of global interdependence and the importance of the developing nations for us all.