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Costly Fertiliser: In Kigali, AGRA Pledges Bold Action; Activists Have A Different Idea of Bold: Defund AGRA

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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)’s annual forum takes off in Kigali, Rwanda, pledging “Bold Action for Resilient Food Systems.” 

But the ‘bold action’ activists want is for AGRA’s donors to stop funding an initiative they say reinforces dependency on foreign inputs, such as expensive fertilizer, undermining the resilience of African food systems. AGRA’s donors include: the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, governments of UK, Germany, and others.

According to the Aliiance, they have their  own answer to large increases in fertilizer prices: a network of 15 farmer-managed centers across Africa producing bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides using low-cost, locally-available materials, improving soil fertility, productivity with lower costs’ and higher incomes for farmers, while building climate resiliency

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