Future of Food: Journal on Food

Free Trade or Food Security – Did India succeed at WTO Bali?

Devparna Roy
LPolson Institute for Global Development, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA
Florian Doerr
LDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany

In this article, we critically analyse the imbalanced outcomes of the WTO Bali conference and
briefly examine the evolution of India’s public food subsidy programme. We show that India did
not completely succeed at the Bali negotiations. The result of this “half-victory” is that the WTO
structurally continues to favour powerful nations from the North at the cost of food security for
millions of poor people living in the South.

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Myanmar High School Students’ Perceptions of College and International Readiness in Western Society

Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
International students are more likely to experience mental health issues and increased stress. Mental health is often surrounded by negative societal stigmas that act as barriers to seeking support and tend to lead to greater mental health concerns. International students tend to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers rather than seeking out counseling services. However, this study shows that LGBTQIA+ international students were less likely to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers due to fear of their sexual orientation being discovered and their families finding out about their identity. This study examines how LGBTQIA+ international students talk about their experiences on and off campus in relations to their socioemotional well-being. Specifically, this study sought to better understand the complexities of LGBTQIA+ students’ identities, and the challenges they faced in terms of their socioemotional well-being. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords : international students, socioemotional well-being, mental health, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQIA