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.

Chinese Rules Impress Barshefsky and Glickman, But Not Meat Industry

CongressDaily

Africa: Leveling the Playing Field

by Lewis Machipisa HARARE, Mar 28 (IPS) - Developing countries should not be expected to compete on the same playing field as developed countries with regards to trade in agriculture, trade experts meeting here Tuesday said.

French Farmers to Set Up "WTO Watch" Body

GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Militant French farm leaders opposed to open trading in agricultural produce said on Tuesday they planned to set up a watchdog in Geneva to exert "democratic control" over the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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.

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