The report indicates a well-coordinated effort by selected states especially the US and in the EU, philanthropic institutions like AGRA, multilateral institutions like the World Bank, donors and multinational corporations (MNCs) including Yara, Monsanto and Pioneer to construct a Green Revolution that aims to produce a layer of commercial surplus producers. This is an explicit goal and they are not shy of saying it. However, the long-term social and ecological impacts of this agenda are questionable, with concerns about loss of land, biodiversity, and sovereignty.
17 March 2015
Nuanced rhetoric and the path to poverty: AGRA, small-scale farmers, and seed and soil fertility in Tanzania
- First of its kind, South African pesticide compendium documents widespread and worrying human and environmental risks and impacts
- South African Compendium on pesticides is a comprehensive database listing over 100 papers produced over 20 years!
- ACB 2024 Annual Report: Our Year in Review
- Cabinet ends corporate impunity: bans highly toxic pesticide Terbufos that killed primary school children
- Tracing ACB’s sustained resistance to GM wheat in South Africa
Related Resources

21 July 2025
First of its kind, South African pest...
Within the South African context of regulatory failure, antiquated legislation, and co-optation by industry, a considerable number of agr...
READ