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.

Agriculture and Our Atmosphere

The soil has been a source of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions over the past century and more so now because of industrial farming methods. This article is a discussion of solutions and why properly managed soil carbon provides many agricultural and environmental benefits. This article was published in the February/March 2000 Newsletter of the Wedge Community Co-op.

WTO Agriculture Talks Off to Good Start: Moore

Agence France Presse GENEVA, March 27 (AFP) - The first round of World Trade Organisation agriculture talks (WTO) was constructive and showed good hope for the possibility of an accord, WTO director general Mike Moore said on Monday.

WTO Farm Trade Negotiators Settle on Work Program Timetable, Details

A special World Trade Organization meeting on agriculture in Geneva ended its second day March 24 with an agreement on a detailed program of work and a formalized timetable of meetings and proposal deadlines stretching into 2001.

A Not-So-Perfect Market

Trade barriers of many kinds are making agriculture less efficient than it could be The Economist | March 25, 2000

WTO Agriculture Talks Falter Over Chairmanship Dispute

CongressDaily / Friday, March 25, 2000

WTO Talks on Global Farm Trade Reform Launched

By Robert Evans GENEVA, March 23 (Reuters) - Long-awaited World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on removing barriers to freer global farm trade were launched on Thursday but diplomats said they could drag on for years.

WTO Ambassadors Fail to Name Permanent Chairman for Agricultural Talks

Agence France Presse GENEVA, March 23 (AFP) - Ambassadors to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed Thursday to name a chairman for a new round of talks on agricultural trade, said Norway's representative, Kare Bryn.

WTO Tackles Agriculture""s Future

Clare Nullis, Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) -- The World Trade Organization on Thursday formally launched negotiations to break down barriers to trade in farm products -- an exercise which likely will last years and be fraught with problems.

WTO Panel Formed for NZ/Australia US Lamb Dispute

WELLINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand on Wednesday said a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel had been formed to hear New Zealand and Australia's dispute with the United States over tariffs on lamb. The United States imposed import levies on New Zealand and Australian lamb imports last July and introduced a US$100 million assistance package for U.S. lamb producers in January.

NZ Welcomes Appointment of WTO Panel on US Lamb Dispute

The Wall Street Journal WELLINGTON -- New Zealand Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton Wednesday welcomed the formation of a World Trade Organization panel to hear New Zealand's dispute with the U.S. about lamb tariffs. "(Now) we can get down to the business of challenging the legality of the action taken against our lamb exports," Sutton said in a statement.

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