Agriculture

IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for more than 35 years. Learn more about our agriculture work on our Agriculture & Food Systems page.

Food Versus Fuel in the United States: Can Both Win in the Era of Ethanol

Report explores issues around the effect of U.S. ethanol production and its impact on the world's hungry.

Understanding the Farm Bill

Analysis of the 2007 Farm Bill was produced by IATP as a collection of five fact sheets under the title “Understanding the Farm Bill” to target the impacts of the Farm Bill in specific areas.

More ethanol, more corn, more nitrogen - and bigger dead zone in the gulf

U.S. farmers have planted a post-World War II record amount of land with corn. Researchers report an all-time record for the size of the dead (hypoxic) zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Is there a connection?

China's statement in 26 July TNC meeting

Intervention at the 27th Trade Negotiation Committee (TNC)

EU statement at 26 July TNC meeting

Speech by EU Ambassador to WTO Eckart Guth

G110 Statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), July 2007

Statement by the G110 (including the G20, G33, ACP, SVEs, LDCs, NAMA-11 anf Cotton-4) at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), July 2007.

Middle Ground on Subsidies

Here we are right in the middle of writing of the 2007 Farm Bill and the debate hasn't changed much over the last decade - it's still about subsidies. There's a whole host of organizations claiming to represent the interests of the environment, taxpayers, poor country farmers, and free traders who want to slash subsidies.