Food reserves

Special UN Food and Agriculture meeting should put food reserves on the table

MINNEAPOLIS/GENEVA – When the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) holds a special meeting on increasing volatility in agriculture prices on Friday in Rome, governments should consider the establishment of food reserves to help stabilize the marketplace, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

Trade and Food Reserves: What role does the WTO play?

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Food reserves needed to respond to global food crisis, civil society groups say

Minneapolis/Dublin – Civil society organizations today called on governments and United Nations bodies to honor previous commitments to explore the potential of food reserves to address hunger and stabilize agricultural markets.

IATP's Sophia Murphy on Food Reserves

Sophia Murphy of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy discusses the role of food reserves in addressing global hunger.

Letter to U.S. Congressional Leadership

IATP helped draft and signed this letter to advocate regulatory and legislative means to excessive speculation and extreme price volatility in the commodity futures markets

Letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

IATP helped draft and signed this letter to advocate regulatory action to prevent excessive speculation and extreme price volatility in the commodity futures markets.

On the Right Path to Development: African Countries Pave the Way

The June 7 proposal by the African Group (an alliance of 41 African countries) to the WTO on managing trade in agricultural commodities is a refreshing way forward for addressing poverty and improving living standards in rural areas in the context of the Doha Agenda.

UN Conference Has Opportunity to Address Global Commodity Crisis

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting next week in Sao Paulo, Brazil offers an historic opportunity to change the direction of the global trade system to ensure fair prices for farmers and spur rural economic development.

UNCTAD XI: Challenging the Commodity Crisis

After 50 years of waivers and carefully worded exemptions for agriculture, rich countries may have lost their power to set agricultural policies without regard for the rest of the world.

Don't Cut the Cheese

One of the world's great sensual experiences, exulted in daily across Europe, is illegal in the United States. That bite you may be about to take into an unctuous and intense young French raw milk cheese oozing off the edges of a chewy chunk of bread is against the law. No raw milk cheese aged for less than sixty days may be imported into this