Publication archives

Dec 1, 2011

Agriculture and the Green Climate Fund: Two U.S. bargaining chips at the climate talks

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
IATP’s Steve Suppan is blogging from the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
Nov 30, 2011

Feeding the world, or not

 In 1999, IATP released a ground-breaking report called Feeding the World that debunked the oft-claimed argumen
Nov 29, 2011

Civil society in Durban: "Reject carbon markets for agriculture"

by
Ben Lilliston
As the global climate talks began this week in Durban, South Africa, IATP joined more than 100 civil society organizations in calling for countries to reject efforts to place agricultural soils within a carbon market.
Nov 23, 2011

Civil Society Intervention in the Strategy Panel 2: Creating More with Less

by
Shiney Varghese
 My intervention is in the context of the discussion around growing more out of less, or in other words, a green economy whose primary focus is on resource efficiency improvement.
Nov 23, 2011

Civil Society Intervention in the Plenary Panel 2: Understanding the Nexus

by
Shiney Varghese
 Referring to the presentation by Global compact person, on integrating:  1. governance, 2. pricing as a means of valuing Natural resources, and 3. the need for integration of social economic and environmental aspect, this intervention is to share a different perspective on the same issues.
Nov 23, 2011

Poor countries' food import bills soar under WTO rules

by
Sophia Murphy
FAO produces an excellent state of the world's agriculture twice a year called Food Outlook (in all 6 U.N.
Nov 23, 2011

Dishing up food and culture

by
Andrew Ranallo
The latest Food and Community Fellows Digest brings together different perspectives of the many and varied ways culture and food interact. In his introduction, Editor Mark Muller writes:
Nov 21, 2011

Wall Street train wreck slams farmers

by
Ben Lilliston
The fallout from the collapse of MF Global continues to reverberate around farm country. The firm’s demise is yet another painful case of how Wall Street’s recklessness is overwhelming under-resourced regulators and hurting people around the country. The response from Congress?