'AGRF, its donors, and African governments should be taking bold action to support resilient agriculture that works with nature, builds crop and diet diversity, respects climatic patterns, and empowers marginalized farmers.'
In the next few days, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa will hold its 12th Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, promising to take"bold actions for resilient food systems." They had better because they have taken Africa in the wrong direction.
Fertiliser price increases have only worsened a food crisis already made severe by Covid-19, conflict, and climate change.As I told U.S. congressional representatives in March Yet neither AGRA nor its donors have heeded our call. On the contrary, they have marched on, praising AGRA instead of demanding a change of tack.quickly dismissed critical findings
Despite this intransigence by the big players in agriculture, however, the realities on the ground tell a radically different and tragic story. AGRA's monocultures of maize and rice fed by synthetic fertiliser have ruined the soil and hurt African farmers' chances of producing more diversified, wholesome food that is less dependent on fossil-fuel inputs. It has been disastrous for local ecologies, reducing agricultural productivity, ruining soils, and worsening the hunger crisis.
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