What does it mean to get big or get out? As CAFOs began to take over livestock production in the U.S. through the 1990s, the ...

Negotiators from 12 government members (“Parties”) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet ...

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 ...

The Government has decided to accede to the Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property and its facilitation treaty, the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT). This is expected to provide a ...

To be broadcast as a FRONTLINE special on September 21, 22 & 23 at 9 pm. (Check local listings.) David Sutherland's film THE FARMER'S WIFE is a landmark documentary portrait of three years in the life ...

With 96 percent of the world's population living outside of the United States, Governor Bush recognizes that the future prosperity of America's farmers depends on expanding markets overseas. He is ...

Agricultural commodity exports are driving deforestation around the world, spurred by consumer demand in the North and the ...

Over the last few years, several new trade-related initiatives designed to slow deforestation associated with the trade of ...

"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...

In recent years antidumping has been catapulted to the forefront of the most controversial practices in international trade. In view of the importance of antidumping to international trade and the ...

MANCHESTER, Iowa -- For most of his 60 years, Francis Childs tended a farm here in obscurity. But this winter, his fellow farmers are lining up to hear him speak, academics are studying his ways, and ...

A tribunal set up to redress injustices under the auspices of the North American Free Trade Agreement has rejected a Canadian businessman's attempt to rescue his business after a Mississippi jury sent ...