Agroecology

World Food Day drives home need for change in the US

This World Food Day, as the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) celebrates its 75th anniversary, it is sobering to remember the several billions of our fellow human beings who suffer from some form of food insecurity.

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

Africa at the crossroads: Time to abandon failing Green Revolution

Originally published by Inter Press Service (IPSNews). 

Taking the wrong road on the US-Kenya trade talks

In the midst of the global pandemic and economic chaos, the trade talks happening on video screens in Kenya and the U.S. might seem like a low priority, something to turn to in that hoped for time when things return to “normal”.

Response to Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) statement on “False Promises” report

In response to AGRA’s brief official response to the study, “False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),” IATP rejects the attack on senior advisor Timothy A.

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.

Revisiting Crisis by Design: Organic, agroecological and regenerative agriculture

Organic agriculture has grown substantially since its beginnings as an alternative movement, including by more than 50% in the last 15 years.

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