Green Revolution

MODERNISING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: WHO BENEFITS?

STATEMENT BY CIVIL SOCIETY IN AFRICA | May 15, 2013

African agriculture is in need of support and investment. Many initiatives are flowing from the North, including the G8′s “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa” and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). These initiatives are framed in terms of the African Union’s Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). This gives them a cover of legitimacy.