Food System

Call for a unifying framework for food systems transformation and agroecology

As we’ve written about in earlier articles, civil society groups from around the world have been working together to lift up agroecology in the U.N. Committee on World Food Security (U.N.

Strengthening Governance of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)

A letter to António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General; Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General; Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the UNFSS; and Martin Frick, Deputy to the Special Envoy for the UNFSS sent by the Ad Hoc Committee on UNFSS Governance and signatories.

Throwing good money after bad: Failing Green Revolution program readies billion-dollar fund drive

According to an anonymous inside source, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is preparing a campaign to raise $1 billion in the coming months to fund its promotion of industrialized agriculture through 2030.

Expiration of Trade Promotion Authority Offers Opportunity To Reset United States Trade Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 1, the latest iteration of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), known as Fast Track, will expire.

New territory: USDA puts spotlight on food supply chain resilience

An under-the-radar executive order signed by the Biden administration in late February could have big implications for our food system.

IATP comment to USDA on supply chains for the production of agricultural commodities and food products

Download a PDF of the comment. 

Making Money Move for Agroecology

IATP is among the groups the have endorsed the following policy brief. Access the policy brief in French and Spanish on CIDSE's website. 

Letter to Ambassador Tai and Secretary Vilsack on USMCA and Mexico

Download a PDF of the letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S.

Calling on the World Bank: It is time for a reset

Mid-March, IATP joined 345 other civil society organizations, social movements, trade unions, academic allies and independent experts from 75 countries to launch a campaign to bring an end to the World Bank’s Doing Business Report (DBR). 

IATP joins allies to request a meeting of the FAO director-general with civil society and Indigenous Peoples' organizations

Yesterday, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) joined Pesticide Action Network International (PAN International), civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in sending a formal request to meet with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu.