Agriculture

World Trade Organization and Food Security-What is at Stake

In preparation for the next trade talks, this paper takes a close look at some of the most important key elements at stake for farmers, peasant organizations and civil society. The most prominent areas of direct impact for food security are the upcoming talks on plant patenting and on general agriculture rules.

NAFTA and Agriculture: The Fruits of Structural Adjustment and "Free" Trade

Farmer-led Watershed Initiatives: Success Stories

We are pleased to announce that the report from the Second Annual Farmer-Led Watershed Initiatives Conference, held in Mankato, Minnesota, February 6-7, 1997 is now available online! We believe that the five initiatives featured at the conference and in the report point to the importance of farmer leadership and participation in successful watershed protection.

Exploring the Critical Linkages Between Agriculture, Trade and Environment

Prepared for the meeting of the Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) at Yale University and the Tokyo-based Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute (GISPRI), June 26-27, 1997 in New York City.

Full Cost, Life-Cycle Accounting and Pricing for Sustainable Development:

An assessment of the applicability of full cost, life-cycle accounting and pricing to agriculture.

Peace Coffee

The Fair-Trade Program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy started HeadWaters International as a for-profit company in 1995 to promote sustainable production and fair-trade markets.

Once a Generation: The Search for Universal Food Security

In preparation for the 1996 FAO Food Summit, Karen Lehman detailed how food crisis of the mid-90s had come about, identifying the changes in policy that led to the end of food reserves and supply management programs world-wide.

The Grain Train Robbery of 1996

In late May, in a gritty outer ring settlement of Monterrey, Mexico, over 400 men, women and children stopped a grain train and carried its cargo off to their homes. Shouting "We're hungry!," women hauled off the contraband in buckets and two-year-old children carried it gingerly across the tracks in plastic bags.

World Grain Shortage and the World Food Summit

A memo from Mark Ritchie summarizing the need for a global campaign for supplay managment and grain reserves. This memo led to the drafting of an Action Plan submitted to the FAO in Rome, November 1996.

Freedom to Farm vs. the Environment: The Ecological Implications

By Mark Ritchie. 1996.