Publication archives

Oct 14, 2009

Grain Reserves vs. World Hunger and Market Volatility

With world hunger surpassing one billion people, in a time of extreme market volatility, IATP's Sophia Murphy has authored a new report exploring the option of strategic food reserves.
Oct 14, 2009

The Cost of Palm Oil

"The day the (palm) seeds arrived in our country on the plane, I wondered, `what are these seeds?'" Matilda Pilacapio told us at a meeting in late September. Pilacapio is a human rights advocate from Milne Bay, Pap
Oct 13, 2009

Strategic Grain Reserves in an Era of Volatility

by
Sophia Murphy
An analysis of current and historical uses of grain reserves and how they might be used at the international level to address volatility in agriculture markets.
Oct 9, 2009

Next stop: Barcelona

IATP's Anne Laure Constantin is blogging from Bangkok at the global climate talks.
Oct 8, 2009

IATP reports on Bangkok climate meeting

by
Jim Harkness
IATP President Jim Harkness just returned from Bangkok at the global climate talks. In this video, he reports on the state of the talks and what they could mean for agriculture. The video interview can be watched here.
Oct 8, 2009

Walking a tightrope: Secretary Vilsack on U.S. agricultural policy

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On October 5, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack came to Minneapolis to deliver the fifth and last Freeman Lecture at the University of Minnesota. The lecture’s namesake, Orville Freeman, was governor of Minnesota and then Secretary of Agriculture during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations (1960–68).
Oct 7, 2009

Can food reserves address global hunger?

Almost since the beginning of time, people have put food away in times of plenty to ensure they have food in times of need. Many countries, including the United States, have utilized food reserves over the years for a number of reasons like addressing hunger, stabilizing food prices and ensuring a fair return to farmers.
Oct 7, 2009

Another take on the WTO and food systems

What can the World Trade Organization (WTO) contribute toward addressing global hunger? IATP asked four experts from the Philippines, France, India and the U.S. at last week’s WTO Public Forum in Geneva. You can listen to the discussion here.