Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

FoodRoutes Network has a long history of partnering with IATP on research and policy work; collaborating on the research for Sustainable Agriculture: Making Money, Making Sense, Twenty Years of Research and Results Literature Review; coordinating our farm policy cluster; and co-sponsoring the Working Landscape conference in 2001.

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy. They host an extensive network of websites, databases, and listservs on food and farming issues which can be accessed from www.iatp.org.

Monitoring, Analysis and Research
IATP monitors the key events and topics related to agriculture, environment, community economic development and trade. The data are then analyzed to determine potential economic and ecological implications. Policy options are researched and presented in response to specific problems and opportunities.

Education and Outreach
IATP prepares educational materials for distribution to policymakers, opinion leaders and the public at large. This includes a mail order literature service, video productions, public service announcement (PSA) campaigns, conferences and computer networks.

Training and Technical Assistance
IATP provides training, consulting and technical assistance to groups interested in addressing economic and ecological issues through seminars, staff and leadership trainings, teleconferences, videos, on-site consultations and a system of computerized updates.

Coalition Building and International Networking
Concerned groups are brought together in coalitions to increase coordination of activities in a variety of issue areas. IATP also works to build international networks by linking groups in different countries through conferences, study tours, publications, action campaigns and global electronic bulletin boards.