Groups call for reserves to address food security at summit
Civil society groups called for government officials meeting at the World Summit on Food Security to support the use of food reserves to help stabilize prices and supplies.
U.S. groups call for Obama leadership at world food summit
Over 20 U.S. groups, including IATP, are challenging the Obama Administration to support more sustainable approaches to the global food crisis at the World Summit on Food Security in Rome.
Big Biotech in the White House
President Obama has nominated two big biotech industry insiders to positions within the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. IATP and a broad range of partners are sending a petition to the President requesting that he withdraw these nominations to better represent the interests of people, rather than the biotech industry.
Food Reserves: Facing the Hunger Challenge
IATP and Action Aid hosted an important public briefing on October 15 in Washington, D.C. on food reserves and their potential to address global hunger. A new report by IATP's Sophia Murphy looks at how grain reserves could help stabilize global agriculture prices.
Free Trade in Agriculture: A Bad Idea
IATP's Sophia Murphy discusses the contrast between the promises, and actual outcomes, of free trade in agriculture while offering some alternatives in the July-August Issue of the Monthly Review.
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.
G-20 Must Boost Social Investments
The G-20 should commit to robust social investment programs to stimulate the global economy and mitigate the impacts of the financial crisis, finds the new Social Watch report. IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch contributed to the U.S. chapter.
Global Land Grab
In Foreign Policy in Focus, IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch describes the global land grab phenomenon and how to address it.
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Climate Change: COP 15
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Why Agriculture and the Climate Bill Don't Mix
Making Waxman-Markey a primary vehicle for debating agricultural sustainability schemes distracts from making real progress toward more climate-friendly, sustainable agriculture, and takes away much needed resources.
Reduce Your Foodprint
We can build a more climate-friendly U.S. food system by transitioning toward more sustainable practices, a new IATP paper finds.
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.
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Agriculture and Climate: The Road to Copenhagen
Global talks to address climate change now include agriculture. IATP President Jim Harkness reports on the just completed Bangkok meeting. A new IATP fact sheet sets benchmarks for agriculture in a climate deal.
Sustainable Energy Utility
A Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) is a community governed organization that coordinates the delivery of renewable and energy efficiency programs to particpants. To learn more about how the SEU model can help address climate change, check out our SEU web page.
IATP Blogs on Climate Change
At IATP's Think Forward blog, staff write about responses to climate change at the local, national and international level.
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A New Global Contract for Food and Ag
IATP President Jim Harkness and representatives from the Asian Farmers Association, Agence Francaise de Developpment and the WTO Ambassador from India will discuss global efforts to address the food crisis. The workshop is part of the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on September 29.
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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