The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has referred to a report titled ‘False Promises of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’ by researchers from America’s Tufts University as inaccurate.

Development Diaries gathered that the report alleged that AGRA has failed in its battle against hunger, poverty, and malnutrition.

The researchers said that AGRA had promised to double yields and incomes for 30 million farming households while cutting food insecurity to half in 20 African countries by 2020.

They alleged that in countries in which AGRA operates, there has been a 30 percent increase in the number of people suffering hunger, a condition affecting 130 million people in the 13 AGRA focus countries.

The researchers added that there was either no significant improvement in the production of key crops or there was a drop in production where AGRA operates.

But AGRA described the report as unprofessional, arguing that it did not follow any known research protocols.

‘That report is an attack against AGRA and we are preparing to fight back. You do not just wake up and start fighting someone’s organisation. There are so many falsehoods in the report. You cannot say that in Uganda AGRA put $126 billion when it did not’, the organisation’s Country Manager, John Jagwe, said.

AGRA, in a statement, noted that it was supporting Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries on seed inspection and certification with a grant of $0.93 million (Shs3.3 billion).

Source: Monitor

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