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Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 6 FRAMEWORKS FOR GREEN REVOLUTION SOIL INTERVENTIONS 6 Continental-wide frameworks 7 Regional frameworks 7 CHARACTER AND LOGIC OF GREEN REVOLUTION SOIL INTERVENTIONS 8 Legal and policy 8 Institutional structures 9 Infrastructure 9 Public-private partnerships 9 Agricultural growth corridors 9 G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN) 10 The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) 10 N2 Africa 12 MAJOR SYNTHETIC FERTILISER CORPORATIONS OPERATING IN AFRICA 12 FISPS ENCOURAGE FERTILISER CONSUMPTION AND FARMER DEPENDENCE 00 SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF GREEN REVOLUTION INTERVENTIONS 14 Deteriorating dietary diversity 14 A culture of dependency 14 Creating differentiated rural social structures 15 Ecological impacts and implications 15 SUSTAINABLE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES 16 RECOMMENDATIONS 17 Maintaining a systems-orientated view 17 Taking back control 17 Supporting participatory approaches 18 ANNEXURE 1: INTERMEDIATE TYPE GREEN REVOLUTION STRATEGIES IN SOIL FERTILITY 19 Integrated soil fertility management 19 Conservation agriculture 19 Grain-legume integration 20 REFERENCES 21
On 7 April 2015 the African Centre for Biosafety officially changed its name to the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). This name change was agreed by consultation within the ACB to reflect the expanded scope of our work over the past few years. All ACB publications prior to this date will remain under our old name of African Centre for Biosafety and should continue to be referenced as such. We remain committed to dismantling inequalities in the food and agriculture systems in Africa and our belief in peoples’ right to healthy and culturally appropriate food, produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. ©The African Centre for Biodiversity www.acbio.org.za PO Box 29170, Melville 2109, Johannesburg, South Africa. Tel: +27 (0)11 486 1156 Design and layout: Adam Rumball, Sharkbouys Designs, Johannesburg Cover image: http://www.soilhealthconsortia.org/images/ pics/8053614949_982fecf12d_k.jpg Acknowledgements The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) acknowledges the generous support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the SDC. We are grateful to Stefanie Swanepoel for her assistance with the compilation of this synthesis report. 2 AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY
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