Agriculture

True Rice Solutions; A Civil Society Declaration

A sign-on declaration opposing distribution and production of genetically modified golden rice.

China Bans Poultry Imports from North Korea

CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF, April 5, 2005 -- On March 31, 2005, China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) made a joint announcement to ban poultry product imports from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), due to outbreaks of high pathogenic avian influenza in that country.

Hard Red Spring Wheat at a Genetic Crossroad

Traces the battle over the approval of genetically engineered wheat in the United States.

Comprehensive Plan to Reduce the Risk of Avian Influenza Outbreak

The Hong Kong government has drawn up a comprehensive plan to reduce the risk of an avian influenza outbreak. The plan has just been submitted to the Legislative Council for discussion.

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO - Fact Sheet

Excerpted from Sailing Close to the Wind: Navigating the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial. A fact sheet based on the longer report examining how agriculture trade rules at the World Trade Organization impact human rights.

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO - Hindi Version

Translated into Hindi by the Indian Social Action Forum, this report discusses how international human rights law is impacted by the World Trade Organization's agriculture agreement.

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO translated into Nepali

This has been translated into Nepali from the original English.

New Book Features Agrarian Landscapes in North America and Europe

A new book looks at farm landscapes across Europe and North America emphasizing the beauty and benefits of these regions while highlighting common challenges and solutions shared by the two continents.

United States Dumping on World Agricultural Markets

Fact sheet based on the report "WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Decade of Dumping," a Feb. 2005 update of the 2001 paper "United States Dumping on Agricultural Markets." This fact sheet is excerpted from IATP's report Sailing Close to the Wind: Navigating the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial.