Publication archives

Mar 8, 2013

International Women’s Day: Protesting violence and protecting livelihoods

by
Shiney Varghese
As the world was getting ready to usher in the New Year, most Indians were mourning the death of one of their young women, gang-raped on the night of December 16 on a bus that she boarded along with her companion.
Mar 6, 2013

TPP: Doubling down on failed trade policy

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
The 16th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) began this week in Singapore.
Mar 4, 2013

Who’s at the Table? Demanding Answers on Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Mar 1, 2013

New report: Governments must protect land, food systems as trade liberalization accelerates land grabbing

by
Sophia Murphy
IATP has always argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalization that privileges commercial interests and tramples on public interests. In a new paper on land grabs, we reaffirm that position.
Feb 28, 2013

Change in the wind on food aid?

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Washington D.C. is a gloomy place these days, with grey skies and a weirdly warm winter, the sour prospect of failure around the sequestration debate, and more cuts on the horizon. It’s possible, however, that on international food aid there just might be a silver lining to all that gloom.
Feb 26, 2013

35 groups band together to ask for more on antibiotics in animal agriculture

by
IATP
Yesterday, IATP joined 34 other groups in writing to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Feb 22, 2013

Resilience means taking the long view on climate change

by
Andrew Ranallo
In our final “Climate change, agriculture and resilience” video—the series we’ve been publishing all week in the lead up to the MOSES Organic Farming conference—it’s all about being different.
Feb 21, 2013

In a changing climate, farming’s a risky business

by
Andrew Ranallo
Farming is risky for anyone: volatile markets and unpredictable weather can make planning and execution from season to season a difficult prospect. Make that double with the extreme weather climate change is bringing. Sure, there is crop insurance in some cases, but what about farmers like Mike Brownfield?