The terms ‘Agreement on Agriculture’, ‘Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures’ and Peace Clause’ appear in the news frequently in the context of the affairs of the:

The answer is C) World Trade Organization. All three terms come from WTO agreements. The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of the Uruguay Round, which came into force in 1995, governs market access, domestic support and export subsidies in farm trade. The SPS Agreement lets members restrict imports on health grounds, but only with scientific justification. The Peace Clause is Article 13 of the AoA. It shielded developing countries' public stockholding for food security from countervailing challenge for a fixed period.

• A) FAO: It is a UN specialised agency that sets food standards through Codex Alimentarius. It does not run trade agreements, so the AoA and Peace Clause are not its instruments.
• B) UNFCCC: It handles climate negotiations, which led to the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. It has no role in farm subsidies or sanitary trade rules.
• D) UNEP: It coordinates environmental programmes and is not a trade-rule body.

The core concept is the link between agricultural subsidies, food security and trade rules. For Mains GS-III and GS-II, this is central to India's public food stockholding under NFSA and its stance at the WTO. Since 2013, the Bali interim peace clause has replaced the expired original, and a permanent solution is still under negotiation. Check the current status before writing on it.

Trap: Aspirants pick FAO because it works on agriculture and food standards. Remember that the SPS Agreement and the AoA are trade law, so the answer is the WTO.