Despite the profound impact climate change is already having on farmers and food production, governments have been slow to ...

In 2024, the planet’s average temperature climbed to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius  above pre-industrial levels for the first ...

Tariffs have been in the news a lot lately. This FAQ explains what tariffs are and how they can be used as a tool in trade ...

A landmark trial in Canada will set a precedent for Monsanto's ability to protect its patents on genetically modified crops, says Scott Morrison. Monsanto, the US life sciences group, has been having ...

Overview of international, regional and national standards and acreditation criteria for organic aquaculture products.

This recently published EPA report provides a synthesis of existing scientific literature on the effectiveness of riparian buffers to improve water quality through their inherent ability to process ...

Today the movement against corporate-driven globalization is at a decisive juncture. There are different proposals on how to move forward. Oftentimes, clarification of the demands of the moment are ...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is about policy. Our work centers on how public institutions and policies can ...

In California, the state with the largest agricultural economy in the country, farm work is conducted by a workforce of about 600,000 men and women. From 1991 to 1996 the California EPA's Department ...

In Poland there is precious little risk of becoming infected with Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD), according to the Polish Chief Sanitary Inspector Pawel Policzkiewicz. The government is doing all it ...

The following letter on the GM crop trials, published in the press in Norfolk UK, is from Dr Jeremy Bartlett who has a doctorate in plant genetics from the John Innes Centre, often described as the UK ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement once again is a blow to farmers and ...