[6 December] NEW YORK - Concentration in the agrifood sector has been increasing over the past few years, with sometimes tragic consequences for small-scale farmers and agricultural workers.

In this new briefing note, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food explores how the creation and abuse of dominant buyer power by global agribusiness firms can be addressed in competition law, and how developed and developing States can work together in this way.

[29 November] NEW YORK & GENEVA - Without a substantial change in policies, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture could rise by 40 percent by 2030, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food warned, urging negotiators at the Cancun Climate Summit to “consider climate and agricultural policies together to effectively address climate change and its disastrous impact on the right to food.”

In his view, “Cancun should lead the way towards a ‘Green Marshall Plan’ for agriculture.”