High Agriculture Prices and Rural Development
Trade ministers in Accra, Ghana for the UN Conference on Trade and Development should take steps to support agriculture and address price volatility, finds a new paper by IATP. IATP staff are in Accra monitoring the meeting.

• A Time of High Prices: An Opportunity for the Rural Poor?
• Can High Agricultural Prices Spur Development?

Understanding Food Sovereignty from a Gender Perspective and Mobilizing for Action
On April 19, 2008, Please join IATP, ACORD, Action Aid International, FoodSPAN, IGTN and GERA in a two-part workshop on woman and food sovereignty at the Accra National Theatre.

• Invitation to participate

Biofuels Development In Africa: Supporting Sustainable Development Or Strengthening Corporate Control?
On April 19, 2008 UNCTAD XII Civil society forum will be held at the British Council Auditorium. The forum will look at the impacts of biofuels on small and medium producers, consumers, and on the perspectives for sustainable development.

UNCTAD XII: Hit or Miss?
In April, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development will meet in Ghana. IATP's Anne Laure Constantin writes on the potential for UNCTAD to set a new course for development.

• UNCTAD: Hit or Miss?

IATP's Trade and Global Governance Program Prepares for UNCTAD XII
The Institute’s Trade and Global Governance team will be represented at the UNCTAD meeting in Ghana by Alexandra Spieldoch and Anne Laure Constantin from April 17 to 24.

While in Accra, IATP will be engaging in dialogues with civil society and government representatives over:

• The implications of high commodity prices and their relation to the call for market regulation;
• The implementation experience of three decades of agriculture trade liberalization and UNCTAD’s role in promoting alternative policies;
• Proposals for alternative international agricultural trade rules to make agriculture and food systems sustainable; and
• The impact of agriculture trade liberalization on gender inequalities.

UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum

• Civil Society Forum

Archive of resources and reports from UNCTAD XI
UNCTAD XI was held in São Paulo, Brazil, June 11-17, 2004. IATP co-hosted a Fair Trade Fair during the summit.

Civil society organizations campaigned for an end to agricultural dumping and other fair trade policies, with an emphasis on a new set of rules making agriculture an engine of development.

• Read IATP's Closing Press Release
• IATP's UNCTAD XI Resource Center
• UNCTAD XI: Challenging the Commodity Crisis by Sophia Murphy
• Civil Society Forum at UNCTAD XI
• Why does the world need to manage agricultural commodities?
• Break out of the WTO box