Publication archives

Sep 23, 2024

Hay’s in the field and a storm is brewing: Another year without a new Farm Bill?

by
Michael Happ
You can’t make hay unless the sun is shining. If the Farm Bill is hay, and the sunshine is time left in Congress’s schedule, then the sunshine is waning for a new Farm Bill to be passed before the current bill’s Sept. 30 expiration date.
Gathering storm over field
Sep 20, 2024

Balancing Power in the Summit of the Future

by
Shiney Varghese
The world’s leaders meet early next week at the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York to adopt the Pact for the Future at the Summit of the Future, Sept. 22-23, 2024.
U.N. headquarters NYC with image of globe and scales
Sep 16, 2024

Introducing: How to Fight a Factory Farm

by
Lilly Richard
Anna Karns
Coming October 2 from the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment, a new four-part podcast series about factory farms, and the farmers and rural organ
How to Fight a Factory Farm
Aug 30, 2024

IATP Comment on the Article 6.4 Sustainable Development Tool

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
IATP submitted the following comment to Ms. Maria Al Jishi, International Policy Advisor, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia and Mr. Martin Hession Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change, International Carbon Markets Policy and Negotiations, European Commission, Ireland on August 30, 2024.  Dear Chair Al Jishi,  Dear Vice Chair Hession,
Aug 28, 2024

A bad bet: Gambling on election outcomes in government-approved contracts

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The term “bet” or “betting” is frequently used in reporting about the trading of commodity futures contracts.
Voting in the 2020 election
Aug 27, 2024

Rapidly changing climate risks the future of global cereal production and agriculture trade

by
Calvin Manduna
IATP’s new report, Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries: An analysis of cereals production and trade flows, highlights the risks of climate change for import dependent and major food producing countries, with a special look at the impact o
Cereals at a market
Aug 27, 2024

Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries

by
Calvin Manduna
This paper provides an analysis of how current and projected climate change risks are affecting production and trade by the major cereal producers, exporters and importers in international markets. We focus on maize (corn), rice and wheat, which together account for the largest share of global food staples and over 60% of global food calories. 
Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries
Aug 9, 2024

IATP Comment to the CFTC on Event Contracts

IATP submitted the following comment to the Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on August 8, 2024.