The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is facing backlash from environmental activists and farmers for allegedly promoting the release of poisonous chemicals into the soil and putting some farmers in debt.
A $1 billion philanthropic effort promising a “green revolution” for African agriculture has fallen far short of its goals, according to critics who say the project has yielded more harm than good for local farmers and crops.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), launched in 2006 largely through funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is facing backlash from environmental activists and farmers for alleged industrial practices that have released poisonous chemicals into the soil and put some farmers in debt by requiring costly seeds, pesticides and fertilizers, per the today!
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