Paying Attention to Agricultural Developments in Africa

News reports

Unmasking the New Green Revolution in Africa: Motives, Players and Dynamics, by Elenita C. Daño for Third World Network, Church Development Service (EED) and African Centre for Biosafety

Gates hopes his money can help poor farmers, by Tom Paulson for the Seattle PI

Gates Foundation’s agriculture aid a hard sell, by Kristi Heim for the Seattle Times

African Agriculture Needs Green Growth, by David Cronin for Inter Press Service News Agency

Sent by The Gates Foundation (funder of AGRA):

BBC Online ‘Boost for Africa Green Revolution’

The Seattle Times "The Fuel of Food"

Financial Times "Local Knowledge Reaps Rewards"

AFP ‘Africa in Spotlight at UN Food Summit’

New Times (Rwanda) ‘Increasing Africa’s Food Security’

Rockefeller Foundation Website

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Gates Foundation on Agricultural Development

Gathered from AGRA Watch (grassroots group concerned about AGRA)

Pitfalls of Agra in Boosting Food Security, by Mukoma wa Ngugi

Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Food First

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