Food security

Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural

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.

Food and Agricultural Imports from China

U.S. food and agricultural imports have increased significantly in recent years, causing some in Congress to question whether the U.S. food safety system can keep pace. This report looks at a series of recent incidents that have raised safety concerns from China in particular and at responses from China and the US Congress to tackle the problem.

10 Ways to Get to Get Healthy, Local Foods into Low-Income Neighborhoods: A Minneapolis Resource Guide

This Minneapolis resource guide is for community leaders interested in addressing public health issues associated with poor diets and food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods. Its purpose is to provide ideas, links and contacts to help these leaders get started in addressing food access issues.

A Row to Hoe

A study on the impact of trade liberalization on women throughout the world focusing on the food system, agricultural markets and human rights.

Biofuels and their global influence on land availability for agriculture and nature

A study by CE, a Dutch research agency, about the impact of first generation biofuels on food availability and biodiversity. The study was commissioned by Unilever.

The Profit Behind Your Plate: Critical Issues in the Processed Food Industry

"This SOMO report analyses the contribution that primary and full processing of food can make to poverty reduction and sustainable development within the current international

Assessing the Bioeconomy

To better understand what others in the U.S. and around the world think about this emerging economy, IATP conducted an informal survey in September 2006. The survey went out to multiple networks that IATP has developed over the years as part of its international trade work, as well as U.S.-based domestic farm and environmental networks.

Draft WTO Texts Show Broad Differences Among WTO Members

The draft texts released today by the WTO on new trade rules for agriculture and industrial products reflect the broad divergences that remain between WTO Members over the Doha Round, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

U.S. Boxed Into a Corner at WTO

A new economic simulation of the U.S. agriculture proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) confirmed what NGOs and developing countries have been saying for months: the proposal has so many loopholes it may actually increase the allowable amount of domestic agriculture spending in the U.S. The new simulation exposed not only the emptiness of the U.S.