IATP Articles and Reports

Carta abierta a los ministerios de comercio y la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC)

Estimados miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio:

An Open Letter to Trade Ministries and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Dear World Trade Organization Members,

Meat Plant Closings Show Fragility of “Get Big” System, Say Midwest Family Farm Groups

Global players forced small meatpacking plants out, farmers and workers pay the price

NSAC Joins With More Than 750 Organizations Calling on USDA to Provide Direct Aid to Farmers Who Rely on Local and Regional Markets

Washington, DC, April 9, 2020 – Today, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and more than 750 farm and food system organizations from all across the country joined their voices in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue calling on the U.S.

USDA COVID-19 relief: Big Ag bigger and family farms forced out?

Why is there $9.5 billion for livestock producers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) signed by President Donald Trump on March 27?

Midwest Family Farm Groups Want Aid to Get to People, Not Global Agribusiness

Family farm based organizations in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota sent a letter to Congress today calling for strong oversight of the recently passed COVID-19 aid package to ensure the U.S.

CFFE Letter to Congress on COVID-19 Response

Download the full letter here. April 7, 2020 Dear Member of Congress,

Remembering Martin Khor

IATP pays tribute to Martin Khor (1951-2020) who passed away peacefully on April 1, 2020 in his home in Penang, Malaysia. So many of us at IATP, since its inception more than 30 years ago, have been touched, influenced and moved by Martin’s wisdom, analysis and leadership in the global trade, economic and environmental justice movement.

IATP comment on the Zero Draft of the CFS Policy Recommendations on "Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable food systems that ensure food security and nutrition"

To read the full letter, click to download. To, Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi, Chair, U.N. Committee on Food Security, Rome Dear Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi:

Resilient food system responses to the emerging global food crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis brings the world to a standstill, and as many observers consider the possibility of an impending food crisis, IATP urged the U.N.