Agriculture

Africa's choice: Africa’s green revolution has failed, time to change course

Since the 2007-8 food crisis, when spikes in prices for global commodity crops raised the specter of food shortages, Africa has seen a surge in funding to help local food producers grow more of the region’s food.

Testimony in Support of LD 2160, “An Act Relating to the Statute of Limitations for Injuries or Harm Resulting from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances” Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary, Maine Legislature

Senator Carpenter, Representative Bailey, and honorable members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Sharon Treat and I live in Hallowell.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Comments on the 2021 General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Animal Feedlot Permit

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) thanks the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for the opportunity to comment on the proposed 2021 General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Animal Feedlot Permit (referred to throughout this comment as the Proposed General Permit).   

House climate report sets path for 2021 — but is it enough?

With special thanks to Tara Ritter, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Steve Suppan, who contributed to this article.

Public money to plunder the planet: development banks fund Big Meat and Dairy

A flurry of recent news shows that international development banks have ramped up public money to factory farms and mega-dairies in the last decade.

Submission to the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its Position Paper: EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025

To read our submission to the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its Position Paper: EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025, please click here. 

Failing Africa’s farmers: New report shows Africa’s Green Revolution is “failing on its own terms”

Fourteen years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) with the goal of bringing Africa its own Green Revolution in agricultural productivity.

A Defaut Des Agriculteurs Africains : Un Nouveau Rapport Montre Que La Revolution Verte Africaine “Échoue À Ses Propres Conditions”

Il y a quatorze ans, les fondations Bill et Melinda Gates et Rockefeller ont lancé l’Alliance pour une révolution verte en Afrique (AGRA) dans le but d’apporter à l’Afrique sa propre révolution verte en matière de productivité agricole.

Milking the Planet

Executive Summary

Time to hold agribusiness accountable for its climate footprint

IATP’s new study on Big Dairy makes the connection between emissions and the rural crisis