Social Watch: Peoples' voices on the crisis
On the eve of the UN Summit Conference on the Economic and Financial Crisis, citizens from around the world will be coming together to say what needs to happen to fix the mess created by global capital.
U.S. and EU Bear Special Responsibility for Global Food Crisis
Policies enacted by the U.S. and the EU, and aggressively pushed through global institutions, laid the ground for the ongoing food crisis, finds a new report by IATP and CIDSE.
Climate Change and Agriculture
IATP co-organized a discussion at the June global summit on climate change in Bonn, Germany on the role of agriculture within the negotiations.
The G-8's Missed Opportunity on Hunger
When G-8 Agriculture Ministers met in Italy in April, they failed to shift course from economic policies that have created the global food crisis.
A Sustainable Response to Crises
Responding to the water, food and climate crises requires an integrated approach toward more sustainable practices in agriculture, finds a new IATP report by Shiney Varghese. The World Water Forum this week in Istanbul offers an opportunity to address these challenges together.
Shrinking My Water Footprint
As we approach Earth Day, IATP's Shiney Varghese explores how we can reduce our water footprint.
G-20 Should Tackle Speculation
Excess speculation on commmodity markets has contributed to the global food and energy crises. The G-20 needs a joint plan to better regulate commodity exchanges, writes IATP's Steve Suppan.
Ideas on the Global Financial Crisis
The UN has organized a special commission to make recommendations on addressing the global financial crisis. IATP's Steve Suppan submitted comments on how better regulation of commodity speculation could effect food security.
Groups Call for Obama to Address Speculation
IATP and over 180 organizations wrote President Obama and Congressional leaders calling for action on commodity speculation. Excessive speculation in agriculture commodity markets has played a major role in the rise and fall of global food prices, according to an IATP report.
Food Safety, Plant and Animal Health
A new policy brief summarizes the latest science on global food safety issues and proposes a series of policy approaches. IATP's Steve Suppan was the lead author of the policy brief for the IAASTD.
Thinking Big
IATP and the Progressive Ideas Network contribute to the new book, Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for a New Era. IATP's Jim Harkness and Alexandra Spieldoch offer ideas for the Obama administration on how to rejoin the global community and build a fair food and farm system.
New Vision for Trade in the U.S.
Over 50 members of Congress have endorsed a new vision for trade that includes a review of existing agreements, INCLUDING NAFTA, and principles to guide future trade deals, including support for family farmers in all countries.
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Global Land Grab
In Foreign Policy in Focus, IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch describes the global land grab phenomenon and how to address it.
Race for the World's Farmland
At a Woodrow Wilson International Center forum, IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch examined the lopsided power relations in foreign land acquisitions. Start the video at 33 minutes for her presentation.
Seized! The 2008 land grab for food and financial security
A groundbreaking report from GRAIN describing the new global land grabs and their relationship to the food crisis.
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Land Grabbing by Foreign Investors in Developing Countries
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) report says countries such as China, Korea and the United Arab Emirates are buying or leasing agricultural land to help meet their own food needs.
Human Rights principles to discipline land grabbing
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, issued a set of eleven principles on the human rights challenges of transnational large-scale land acquisitions or leases, referred to as land grabbing.
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Confronting the Global Food Challenge
IATP and civil society organizations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland on November 24-26, to explore the impact of trade and investment on the right to food and to develop new approaches that put human rights at the core.
Latest edition of Geneva Update
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More WTO documents
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A Row to Hoe
A study on the impact of trade liberalization on women throughout the world, focusing on the food system, agricultural markets and human rights.
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Rejecting U.S. Food Aid
One of the world's largest charities, CARE, rejected millions of dollars in U.S. food aid because of the system's inefficiency and inability to address long-term causes of hunger. An IATP report looks at those problemsÃ???and offers solutions.
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