Agriculture

IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for more than 35 years. Learn more about our agriculture work on our Agriculture & Food Systems page.

In Istanbul on World Water Day

Istanbul is a beautiful city. It straddles the continents of Asia and Europe, and lies on the banks of the strategic Bosphorus Strait that connects the Marmara and Dead Sea. For water activists, Istanbul is an especially important place because it will host the 5th World Water Forum (WWF) one year from now.

The Emerging Water Crisis in the U.S.

In the U.S. we are experiencing areas with too much water or outright drought. Each crisis gives us yet another opportunity to examine and challenge the issues we need to find solutions for: unfettered development, water intensive energy production, inefficient agricultural water use.

UNCTAD XII: Hit or Miss?

What's at stake at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Trade and Development?

NAFTA Takes the Political Spotlight: It's About Time

Almost 15 years after it was ratified, the North American Free Trade Agreement is increasingly in the spotlight.

Good Jobs, Green Jobs... for everyone!

IATPers Jim Harkness, Lindsay Dahl and I are all at the "Green Jobs, Good Jobs" conference in Pittsburgh today and it has been a very powerful and uplifting experience.

Challenges for Food Sovereignty

Article in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs reviews the challenges countries face in achieving food sovereignty.

Food Sovereignty in North America

Earlier this month, I attended the Canadian Dairy Farmers annual policy conference in Ottawa, Canada. I was to provide a U.S. perspective on the topic of food sovereignty. The Canadian Dairy Farmers represent over 15,000 farmers across Canada.

The Global System Needs a Makeover

The UN, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank should engage in pragmatic negotiations to strive for a higher common denominator for multilateral relations.

The Travesty of Child Labor

Mark Muller’s personal account of his work with a farmer cooperative in Honduras that uses child labor points to the complexities of this issue. As Mark suggests, there are many factors contributing to child labor, some domestic, some related to free trade.

Child Labor and Shades of Gray

IATP Senior Fellow Mark Muller is working in a volunteer program in Honduras through July. He will blog periodically on his experiences there. “A liberal is just a conservative that hasn’t been mugged yet.”

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