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Join us for our Autumn Open House on Wednesday, October 19, at our Minneapolis office located in the historic Crosby Mansion.
Enjoy light appetizers and beverages as we engage in conversation in our historic home office. All are welcome, but space is limited. Please RSVP below today!
Get an update on our work, talk with fellow supporters and staff hear from IATP Executive Director Juliette Majot.
IATPs continued work is possible because of your financial commitment and supportthank you for all you do. We look forward to seeing you on October 19th!
Questions? Contact Jillia Pessenda at, [email protected] or 612-870-3420.
This piece was originally published by Foreign Policy in Focus on September 27, 2016.
This paper examines needs for statistics on trade in services, indicates in general terms what data are now available, describes the existing international body of methodological guidance for statistical compilation, discusses strategies for data-improvement programs, and identifies some of the data needs that remain unmet and some of the difficulties and special situations involved in data col
The 2016 election is bizarre, to say the least. While the vast majority of reporting has focused on the horserace and he said she said aspects of the campaigns, the policy proposals put forward by the candidates will have profound and lasting impacts on the citizens they seek to govern.
This piece originally published by Farming Matters on September 20, 2016 and republished under the Creative Commons license.
This blog overviews day 1 of the 2016 Rural Climate Dialogues State Convening.
This is part of a blog series around the 2015 U.S. Food Sovereignty Prize, which will be presented in Des Moines on October 14, 2015. The Food Sovereignty Prize is awarded by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, which IATP is a member organization.
Minneapolis/Washington D.C.After years of negotiations behind closed doors, it appears that the 12 countries that make up the Trans Pacific Partnership have reached a deal. While the details remain secret, the new trade rules could have serious impacts on farmers and ranchers, consumer labeling, farm to school programs and other state and local policies supporting local food systems.
English translation of original post by La Jornada
Trade ministers and negotiators are meeting this week in Atlanta in what might be the final round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Leaving aside the fact that they first announced a final round nearly two years ago, it does seem that they are down to a few sticking points.
One year after it was launched at the UN Climate Summit in New York, the controversial Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA) is at the center of an emerging international debate.
IATPs long-time ally in Mexico, ANEC (the National Association of Producers' Enterprises) held a three-day conference recently (Aug. 31 Sept.
Proclama del Encuentro Internacional de Agricultura Campesina y Agroecologia en America: Movimientos sociales, dilogo de saberes y polticas pblicas, Ciudad de Mxico, 31 de agosto, 2 de septiembre 2015. Leer una traduccin al Ingls.
Translation of the Proclamation from the International Meeting of Peasant Agriculture and Agroecology in America: Social Movements, Dialogue of Knowledges, and Public Policies; from the 20th Anniversary of the National Association of Commercialization Enterprises (ANEC) Opening Comments in Mexico City, 31 of August to 2nd of September, 2015.
Opening comments for the 20th Anniversary of the National Association of Commercialization Enterprises (ANEC) delivered by IATP's Senior Staff Scientist Dr. M. Jahi Chappell.
MinneapolisOne year after the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA), more than 350 civil society organizations from around the world, including the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), rejected the ill-defined agenda of the Alliance as an empty marketing slogan, distracting governments from the transformational changes that are needed in agriculture
We, the undersigned, belong to civil society organizations including social movements, peasants/farmers organizations and faith-based organizations from around the world. We are working to tackle the impacts of climate change that are already disrupting farming and food systems and threatening the food and nutrition security of millions of individuals.