Agriculture

Resilient food system responses to the emerging global food crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis brings the world to a standstill, and as many observers consider the possibility of an impending food crisis, IATP urged the U.N.

COVID-19 and US-China trade and investment

The so-called “phase one” agreement was signed on January 15 to mark a partial, temporary truce in the U.S.-China battle of retaliatory tariffs (taxes on imports). IATP doubted that the commitment to increase U.S.

Will COVID-19 stimulus reach all farmers?

The COVID-19 crisis is unsettling well beyond the immediate health threat. It is evolving day-to-day with an uncertain future, destabilizing the economy at large and pushing more farmers close to the edge.

ARC2020 March newsletter: A European response to COVID-19

This article originally appeared in the ARC2020 newsletter and is republished with permission from the author Hannes Lorenzen.

Federal food assistance during the pandemic

You look for good news wherever you can find it. The heroic actions of health workers, school administrators, scientists, private food shelf operators and their volunteers.

Avec l'accélération des effets du changement climatique, nous devons repenser le droit humain à l'eau

Cette année, le thème de la Journée mondiale de l'eau est l'eau et le changement climatique.

With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water

This year’s theme for World Water Day is Water and Climate Change.