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Powerful issue of @thecontinent.org zooms in on 20 years of the Bill Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and how it has backfired. Across AGRA’s 13 focus countries, the number of undernourished people rose by 58%. www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2... @timschwab.bsky.social

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To bring out the evidence, US academic Tim Wise has crunched the numbers on 20 years of AGRA's impact... bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.tufts.... @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @ipes-food.org

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...while @afsafrica.bsky.social has analysed AGRA's failed model from a political perspective, pointing out who has pushing it at the expense of real solutions, led by Africa's smallscale farmers. afsafrica.org/blog/new-rep...

afsafrica.orgTwenty Years of the Green Revolution in Africa: The Evidence Says It Failed | AFSATwenty years ago, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa launched with a promise: commercial seed, synthetic fertiliser and better market access would

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