Food security

Spotlight G-20: Agriculture Ministers should strengthen government role in volatile markets

More evidence on speculators and food prices

The G-20 agriculture ministers will

Agroecology comes to Capitol Hill

Staff from congressional offices, development agencies and family farm organizations jammed into a crowded briefing room on Capitol Hill on Thursday to hear more about new approaches to food security that help farmers feed their communities while working with nature. The briefing was sponsored by IATP and the Interfait

China’s pig industry has global impact, new report finds

China’s pig industry has global impact, new report finds Shift to industrial production affects farmers, food security and environment

Feeding China’s Pigs: Implications for the Environment, China’s Smallholder Farmers and Food Security

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G-20 struggles to face up to agriculture price volatility

Last week, a background paper for the G-20 Summit of Agricultural Ministers on price volatility from eight international organizations appeared [1].

Multi-lateralizing G-20 commitments on the commodity derivatives market: Two very modest proposals

Agriculture in rural India: How will it cope with free trade?

IATP's Shefali Sharma is part of a delegation visiting rural areas in India to assess the human rights impacts of the country's trade and investment policies.You can view her previous post here.

Water Security and the Right to Food in Climate Challenged Countries: Women at the Center

On April 13, 2011, The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in cooperation with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission, the ACP Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development (Concord) and other partners, organized a Brussels Bri

Reclaiming rights on International Women’s Day centennial

The year 2011 started with the news of food price hikes around the world pushing even more people, especially women, into hunger. But then along came images of women in Egypt in the forefront of a revolution to get rid of a government that has been in power for over 30 years!