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23 Brown J. World Aff. 177 (2016)
The New Green Revolution for Africa: A Political Ecology Critique

handle is hein.journals/brownjwa23 and id is 479 raw text is: The New Green Revolution for Africa: A Political Ecology Critique WILLIAM G. MOSELEY Professor of Geography Macalester College IN HIS REMARKS AT THE launch of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan noted: AGRA is answering the call of many African leaders to build on the achievements and lessons learned from the Green Revolution in Asia and Latin America that began more than a generation ago. That 177 campaign-initiated by the Rockefeller Foundation-saved hundreds of millions of lives and more than doubled cereal production.' He later concluded his speech by saying, let us do our part to help Africa's small-scale farmers end chronic poverty.'2 While well-intentioned, Annan's praise of this humanitarian effort obfuscates the politics and political economy that shaped both the original Green Revolution and the more contemporary New Green Revolution for Africa. The first Green Revolution was a concerted attempt to improve food production in many areas of the Global South (namely, the WILLIAM G. MOSELEY is Professor of Geography and Director of African Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He specializes in political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and develop- ment policy, and food security. He is a regular contributor in Aljazeera English and has written op-eds that have appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post. He is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as eight books, including: Africa' Green Revolution: Critical Perspectives on New Agricultural Technologies and Systems (2016); Land Reform in South Africa: An Uneven Transforma- tion (2015); Understanding World Regional Geography (2015); An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography: Local Dynamics and Global Processes (2013); four editions of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues (2004, 2006, 2008, 2011); and African Environment and Development: Rhetoric, Programs, Realities (2004). He previously served as editor of the African Geographical Review and currently serves as associate editor of Food Policy. Copyright © 2017 by the Brown Journal of WorldAffairs SPRING/SUMMER 2017 - VOLUME XXIII, ISSUE II

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