Agriculture

Keep Your Eyes on the Price: WTO Remains Blind to Agricultural Dumping

The following was first published on Food Tank Farm leaders from around the world converged in Buenos Aires this week. They traveled to pressure the trade ministers attending the biennial World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference to stop unfair trade practices that are hurting farmers. Once again, they went home empty-handed.

The Stubborn Persistence of U.S. Cotton Dumping

IATP has tracked the dumping of U.S. agricultural commodities in international markets for over two decades. Agricultural commodity dumping is the sale of commodities abroad by agribusiness firms at prices below what it cost farmers to get those crops ready for sale.

How the WTO Can Support Climate Adaptation

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has a well-earned reputation for placing trade concerns above all else—including global priorities like climate change and food security.

Food Reserves, Climate Adaptation and the World Trade Organization

At the global climate talks in Bonn, Germany last month, countries agreed for the first time on an agriculture work program designed to identify the best strategies to respond to climate change and protect food security. Nearly 80 percent of countries included agriculture in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as part of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Uprooted Episode 11: Slavery in Brazil's Meat Chain

IATP, FASE, and The Heinrich Boell Foundation recently released a report on the industrial meat complex in Brazil. Besides the massive government corruption and environmental destruction, the human rights abuses in the supply chain are both well-documented and abundant.

The Rise of Big Meat

Introduction: Brazil’s Rise to the Top of the Global Meat Complex

The Rise of Big Meat: Brazil's Extractive Industry Executive Summary

Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of soybeans, the second largest exporter of maize and the world’s largest beef trader. It has overtaken the United States in becoming the biggest exporter of poultry in the world, close to 39 percent of total global exports. With China drastically increasing its pork imports in the last two years, Brazil has also stepped in to meet this demand.