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If you want to sell and buy greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction credits, stakeholders in the carbon trading system must ...
Central to the survival of small and mid-scale farmers is their right to save, use, exchange and sell their own seeds — that ...
Kenya analyzes Kenya's livestock sector and highlights increasing pressure from U.S. trade flows and Big Ag interests.
As COVID-19 threatens farming communities across Africa already struggling with climate change, the continent is at a crossroads. Will its people and their governments continue trying to replicate ...
This report for the first time estimates the methane emissions of five of the largest meat corporations and ten of the largest dairy corporations. Their combined methane emissions are roughly 12.8 ...
MINNEAPOLIS —The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) joined a lawsuit filed late last night with a group of USDA grantees suing for unlawful grant termination, seeking an order for the ...
After years of underfunding and oversubscription, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) helped thousands more farmers enroll in two federal conservation cost share programs: ...
As the Trump administration announced new tariffs on major agriculture trading partners, media reports last week indicate that USDA Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will try to cushion the blow to ...
Across the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) local service centers provide essential person-to-person resources for farmers and rural landowners. Loans, grants and conservation ...
A wave of new policies is making climate-related disclosures mandatory for a large swath of the global economy, including many of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies.
Over the last few years, several new trade-related initiatives designed to slow deforestation associated with the trade of agricultural commodities have come into focus. While they represent a fresh ...