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Digging Africa Deeper into HungerAnnual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is helping rewrite African laws and policies to favor conversion to hybrid and GMO maize seeds. The number of chronically undernourished people in AGRA's 13 focus countries has increased nearly 50%, not decreased, according to recent hunger data from the United Nations. Maize yields grew only 29% despite billions of dollars in government subsidies.

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Digging Africa Deeper into HungerAnnual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, convening September 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they are instead handing out new shovels to dig the continent deeper into a hunger crisis …

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IPS broke the news in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
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