The Green Revolution has failed Africa

<p>20 years ago, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) promised African governments a transformation: subsidise fertiliser, promote commercial seed, mechanise production and open the door to private investment, and yields would rise, farmers would prosper, and hunger would fall. </p><p>AGRA&#39;s promise has now been tested against nearly 20 years of national data — and, according to a new report from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), it has failed on its own terms.</p><p>To discuss the report, AGRA&#39;s failure, its dangerous grip on African food security, and the alternative offered by agroecology, <strong>ffinlo Costain</strong> is joined by<strong> Dr Million Belay</strong>, the Co-ordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, who&#39;s based in Ethiopia, and by <strong>Michael Farrelly</strong>, a consultant to AFSA, who lives in Senegal.</p><p>Read more on this subject here: https://8point9.com/africas-food-must-be-grown-by-african-farmers/</p>