Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy

The New Colonialist Food Economy

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September 22, 2023
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is by far the biggest funder of initiatives aimed at the transformation of African agriculture. But Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been a resounding failure by its own self-proclaimed altruistic metrics, making nearly zero progress toward its goal of cutting food insecurity in half.

For The Nation’s latest cover story, Alexander Zaitchik details how Bill Gates and agribusiness giants are throttling small farmers in Africa and the Global South.
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