Publication archives

Sep 19, 2012

What an expiring Farm Bill means to you

by
Mark Muller
It has always been an amusing pastime for agricultural policy wonks to envision what would happen if a Farm Bill was allowed to expire. Nobody actually thought that it could come to fruition; after all, the uncertainty that it would impose on farmers and agricultural markets would be too great for Congress not to act on passing a new Farm Bill.
What an expiring Farm Bill means to you
Sep 17, 2012

Soil Carbon and the Offset Market: Practices, Players and Politics

A summary version of this piece is available in another IATP publication, entitled A Climate-smart Idea? Understanding the Politics, Practices and Players of the Agricultural Soil Carbon Market.
Sep 14, 2012

Civil Society Organizations say…”Flush the TP…P!”

by
Shefali Sharma
September 10, 2012
Sep 14, 2012

The invisible epidemic: Giving voice to the faceless victims of antibiotic overuse

Overusing antibiotics has spurred a crisis in antibiotic resistance. Since their advent in the 1940s, it’s been no secret that the more you use antibiotics, the quicker bacteria get resistant to them.
Sep 13, 2012

Corn and climate: The story from Kenya

The current drought facing the U.S. should send down jitters among net food importers worldwide as the price of major grain crops is set to rise dramatically. The drought can be seen as a result of climate change that has led to unpredictable weather patterns the world over.
Sep 11, 2012

WEBINAR: Grain Reserves in an Unstable Climate

by
Sophia Murphy
The ongoing drought in the U.S. and threats of food crises around the world point to the need for new solutions to cope with unstable weather and harvests.
Grain Reserves and the Food Price Crisis: Selected Writings from 2008-2012
Sep 10, 2012

An Update on the World Bank's Experimentation with Soil Carbon

by
Shefali Sharma
Two years after the launch of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project, the World Bank and the FAO pushed for an expansion of the program despite unclear benefits to farmers and a history of dubious promises. IATP called for the program, with its deep flaws and the dubious process by which it was "endorsed," to be reassessed.
Sep 5, 2012

Ag swaps: A tiny boat on the vast financial data sea

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
Agricultural prices, both national and international, are affected by commodity and financial market rules. Export revenues and import costs depend on the value of the dollar, the dominant international currency for commodity trading, relative to the value of other currencies.