Publication archives

Dec 2, 2015

A 21st Century Ambition for International Trade

by
Sophia Murphy
The World Trade Organization (WTO) turned 20 this year—it is young in the world of multilateral agencies (by way of comparison, the UN turned 70) but it is no longer new. There is now a sizeable group of people working on trade who do not remember a time before the WTO. It has become the default trade institution—the organization everyone thinks of when they think about global trade.
Dec 1, 2015

Radio Sustain - 12/02/2015

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Shefali Sharma
12/02/2015 - IATP's Shefali Sharma interviews David Muraskin, a lawyer at Public Justice, who represents a number of farmers in a case against meat-packing giant Tyson concerning their treatment of livestock producers.
Dec 1, 2015

Rural Climate Policy Priorities

The intent of this working document is to describe climate change concerns specific to rural communities in the United States and identify policy approaches that are supportive of on-the-ground solutions. It reflects ideas and input from Rural Climate Network member organizations and other rural organizations, leaders and experts in the U.S.
Nov 20, 2015

States’ Leadership on Healthy Food and Farming at Risk under Proposed Trade Deals

Consumers want and expect that product labels will identify where their food is from, how it was produced and what is in it.
Nov 20, 2015

Trade laws undo local progress on food systems

So much of trade policy involves searching through legal texts and leaked documents for clues about what’s coming next. Careful examination of the recently released text for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is already revealing new risks for our food system.
Nov 19, 2015

State’s Leadership on Healthy Food and Farming at Risk Under Proposed Trade Deals

Consumer interest in healthy eating, organic food and supporting sustainable local food systems has never been higher. Consumers want and expect that product labels will identify where their food is from, how it was produced and what is in it.
Nov 17, 2015

Agroecology, the expertise coffee needs

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IATP
Oscar Omar Alonzo Aguilar farms coffee on a plot of land alongside his brother in Honduras. Oscar’s field is on the left; his brother’s field is on the right. Why is Oscar’s coffee thriving while his brother’s crop struggles?
Nov 17, 2015

Contribution to Africa Regional Meeting on Agroecology

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Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
Minneapolis, November 17, 2015 — Agroecology has been growing on national and international agendas, ranging from the 2012 decree on agroecology of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, to the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology, to the 2014 International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition held by t