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

The food and farm system is vast, complex and global. The United States occupies an important role in the global food system, ...

A good overview of U.S. aquaculture with attention on environmental impacts, technology development and policy scenarios.

For key Trump Administration nominees that oversee government agencies that intersect with farmers, rural communities and our ...

Before tossing those aromatic wood chips on the barbecue, using the fireplace to celebrate that first brisk fall day, or lighting a campfire in the great outdoors, you might want to consider this: ...

This paper is on compliance and dispute settlement provisions in the WTO and MEAs. It is also provided as an input to the MEA Information Sessions.

In an open letter to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs), the Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI) charges it has documented ...

Information comparing these two certification programs.

A FAQ file on the the Umbrella Certification project.

A review of the last ten years of published scientific research into salmon aquaculture and its potential impacts on the environment; has an extensive reference list.

Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health, the environment and development? Emphatically no. Criticisms of the WTO are often based ...

A discussion of the impacts of NAFTA on the public.