Agriculture

Time for US and EU to regulate factory farms’ greenhouse gas emissions

The largest hog and dairy operations in the U.S. are run more like factories than farms. They concentrate thousands of animals indoors and produce massive amounts of manure, which is often turned into liquid and sprayed on farm fields. This factory farm system is a major source of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) methane. Yesterday, U.S.

Campesino, Social, Academic and Research Organizations Warn Against Pressures from Agricultural Associations in the United States that Affect Our Sovereignty

Read the original statement in Spanish. 

The real value of water

Valuing Water is the theme of the 29th World Water Day this year. Valuing Water and Enabling Change also happened to be the theme of the Annual Report of the World Economic Forum’s 2030 Water Resources Group (now hosted by the World Bank) last year.

How Minnesota should consider climate change and approval of factory farms

Minnesota is off-track to meet its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals set in the 2007 Next Generation Energy Act. An important process for reviewing new projects could help put Minnesota back on track, and the state wants your input by the end of this month.

Detener la carrera al barranco en la política comercial

Publicado en The American Prospect, 15 de marzo de 2021.   

Stopping the race to the bottom in trade policy

The following op-ed was published originally on The American Prospect. Republished with permission below. 

Calling on the World Bank: It is time for a reset

Mid-March, IATP joined 345 other civil society organizations, social movements, trade unions, academic allies and independent experts from 75 countries to launch a campaign to bring an end to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report (DBR). 

IATP joins allies to request a meeting of the FAO director-general with civil society and Indigenous Peoples' organizations

Yesterday, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) joined Pesticide Action Network International (PAN International), civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in sending a formal request to meet with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu.

AGRA Update: Withheld internal documents reveal no progress for Africa’s farmers

Internal evaluations carried out by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), recently obtained by the U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) campaign through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, show no new evidence that AGRA is making progress improving yields, incomes and food security for African farmers.

Letter to the FAO Director-General on CropLife International Partnership Plans

Download a PDF of the full letter to FAO Director-General Dongyu Qu here.  Dear Director-General Dongyu Qu, 