Food security

Sign-on letter supporting a strong Nutrition Title

Keep Your Eyes on the Price: WTO Remains Blind to Agricultural Dumping

The following was first published on Food Tank Farm leaders from around the world converged in Buenos Aires this week. They traveled to pressure the trade ministers attending the biennial World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference to stop unfair trade practices that are hurting farmers. Once again, they went home empty-handed.

IATP’s Shiney Varghese will add a voice from Minnesota to the United Nations

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Nutrition and Food Systems: Comments to the HLPE for their forthcoming report

The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the foremost international and intergovernmental platform trying to address global food security and nutrition challenges.

Food Security and the Nairobi Ministerial of the World Trade Organization

The Honorable Michael Froman United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20508 December 11, 2015 Dear Ambassador Froman,

UN Committee on Food Security Links Water with Food and Nutrition Security

In its 42nd session, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) two weeks ago made landmark recommendations linking water with food security and nutrition.

2015 Food Sovereignty Prize

2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize, was presented in Des Moines on October 14, 2015. The Food Sovereignty Prize is awarded by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, which IATP is a member organization. The US Food Sovereignty Alliance works to end poverty, rebuild local food economies, and assert democratic control over the food system.

G7 food initiative driving hunger in African countries, say global civil society groups

Minneapolis–Politicians and executives from some of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies are today meeting in Cape Town, South Africa for the leadership council of the controversial New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.

Launch of CFS Report on Water for Food Security and Nutrition-Why it Matters

While it might seem obvious that the rights to water and food are inextricably linked, all too often policies around their use and governance are developed for one without regard to the other. To address this problem, the UN Committee on World Food Security formed a High Level Panel of Experts and charged it with weaving these two policy strands together.

Food Sovereignty Series: Dr. Jahi Chappell, IATP’s Director of Agroecology and Agriculture Policy

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