Publication archives

Aug 19, 2020

“Replacing hunger with malnutrition": Former UN official calls out failing African Green Revolution

It’s been nearly fifty years since Frances Moore Lappé reminded us in her seminal work, “Diet for a Small Planet,” that hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food, it is caused by a scarcity of power. Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel Prize more than twenty years ago for showing that famine was rarely caused by a lack of food.
Green Revolution in Africa
Aug 10, 2020

Response to Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) statement on “False Promises” report

In response to AGRA’s brief official response to the study, “False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),” IATP rejects the attack on senior advisor Timothy A.
farm in Africa
Aug 3, 2020

The CFTC shrinks the enforceability of a cross-border trading rule

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
On July 14, the Financial Times published an interview with Heath Tarbert, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in which he all but announced the results of votes to take place the following week and beyond.
Better Markets
Jul 30, 2020

With a second farm shuttered due to massive PFAS contamination, Maine legislators weigh easing access to the courts

by
Sharon Anglin Treat
Just days before the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a virtual hearing on LD 2160 — legislation to clarify when civil lawsuits may be filed for compensation
contaminated water sign
Jul 28, 2020

Africa's choice: Africa’s green revolution has failed, time to change course

Since the 2007-8 food crisis, when spikes in prices for global commodity crops raised the specter of food shortages, Africa has seen a surge in funding to help local food producers grow more of the region’s food.
Seeds
Jul 28, 2020

Testimony in Support of LD 2160, “An Act Relating to the Statute of Limitations for Injuries or Harm Resulting from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances” Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary, Maine Legislature

by
Sharon Anglin Treat
Senator Carpenter, Representative Bailey, and honorable members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Sharon Treat and I live in Hallowell.
Jul 24, 2020

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Comments on the 2021 General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Animal Feedlot Permit

by
Tara Ritter
Ben Lilliston
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) thanks the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for the opportunity to comment on the proposed 2021 General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Animal Feedlot Permit (referred to throughout this comment as the Proposed General Permit).   
Jul 20, 2020

House climate report sets path for 2021 — but is it enough?

by
Ben Lilliston
With special thanks to Tara Ritter, Karen Hansen-Kuhn and Steve Suppan, who contributed to this article.
soybeans ready for harvest