Agriculture

US-UK trade deal is a threat to food and farmers

IATP submits evidence on trade bill to the House of Lords                          

USFSA Letter to US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture

IATP is a member of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) and participated in the collaboration process to develop this letter. USFSA is a network of 50+ grassroots organizations and grassroots supportive organizations and published this open letter denouncing the U.S.

U.S. Farmers Call Out U.S. Ambassador for Pushing Agribusiness Agenda and Attacking Agroecology at the United Nations

A national alliance of farmers, workers, and fishers says agroecology and the human right to food are needed now more than ever to stop climate change and ensure that everyone has access to healthy, nutritious food

EU groups demand farm policy to support a Green Deal

Two hundred and fifty civil society organizations across Europe, including IATP and other food and farm groups, sent a letter to the heads of the European Commission, Parliament and Council on September 30 to express their strong alarm at the current state of neg

New rules weaken protections for rural communities and the climate

One of the nation’s bedrock environmental protections is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and it’s particularly critical for rural communities.

Agricultural knowledge and the future of food systems: The IAASTD project

Some 12 years ago, IATP contributed to a chapter of the first International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). About 400 authors contributed to a global report and five regionally specific reports produced with the help of two rounds of peer reviews of drafts.

Trade and market policy

An excerpt from the book "Transformation of our food systems — the making of a paradigm shift" by United Nations' World Agriculture Report (IAASTD) members.

Transformation now!

The COVID-19 pandemic exposes sharp injustices and system wide failures of today's prevailing food and agriculture systems - injustices that had already been accelerating over the past decade, which has proven to be the most destructive period of food production and consumption in modern history.

Africa at the crossroads: Time to abandon failing Green Revolution

Originally published by Inter Press Service (IPSNews). 

Don’t grant global meat corporations immunity, hold them accountable for COVID-19 failures

As the Senate reconvenes this week, a lobbying blitz to grant corporations special immunity protection is ramping up. Global meat companies are helping lead the charge, and it’s easy to see why.