With the current stalemate in the Doha Round, it is unlikely that an agreement on NTMs will emerge any time soon. Significantly, NTMs have never been an active area of negotiations, which may reflect both a focus on more pressing issues and a tacit acceptance among trade negotiators of the fact that NTMs are here to stay, and so the best strategy is to adapt to them. In this regard, development partners, through the AfT initiative, are making significant efforts to help LDCs design and implement national quality policies, enhance human capacity through training and build the infrastructure needed for testing, accreditation and certification. These include improved quality and food safety standards for Burundi’s coffee producers and Tanzanian cashew processing plants; helping Cambodian rubber obtain international accreditation; and setting up national quality infrastructure in Malawi, Myanmar, Sierra Leone and Zambia, among others.