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Feb 26, 2014

A path toward better agricultural investment

Shiney Varghese

The food crisis of 2008 led to a broad agreement in the agricultural development community that the lack of appropriate investment in agriculture had been a key contributing factor to unstable prices and food insecurity. The crisis coincided with an increase in land grabbing in many parts of the world, but especially in Africa.

Feb 25, 2014

WEBINAR: Can Food Safety Become a Game Changer Against Industrializing Meat Production in China?

Shefali Sharma

China's meat revolution has entailed a massive increase in the concentrations of pigs, cows, poultry on "specialized" farms with intense price competition amongst retailers and processors that provide "cheap" and abundant meat to an urban population. Subsequent food safety problems are resulting in further government incentives for industrialization of the supply chain, with the U.S.

Can Food Safety Become a Game Changer Against Industrializing Meat Production in China?

Feb 19, 2014

WEBINAR: China's Meat Revolution: Agribusiness, Growth and Its Limits

Shefali Sharma

Ben Lilliston

China is the world's largest producer and consumer of pork, the second largest producer of poultry and the fourth largest dairy producer. How and why has China achieved this "meat miracle"? What are the politics of this growth and the role of Chinese and foreign transnationals? Can China continue producing and consuming more or are there social and ecological limits that create "peak meat"?

China's Meat Revolution: Agribusiness, Growth and Its Limits

Feb 18, 2014

Bracing for impacts as China enters industrial meat complex

Andrew Ranallo

IATP is excited to announce the release of a series of new reports looking in-depth at China’s feed, pork, poultry and dairy sectors, the past and future trajectory of the industry, and global impacts of China’s efforts to balance grain self-sufficiency and the desire to provide cheap meat.

Feb 17, 2014