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Impact: Not everything being proposed for African science relates to food and agriculture, but the emphasis on food security is not surprising given weakening yield/population ratios and the reality that most marginalized Africans live in rural areas. New commitments to African agriculture are in the range of $75–$100 million per year and more money may be in the offing. Summit winds and Foundation whims are only now being focused (desperately) by erstwhile sherpas into what they hope will morph into Green Revolution 2.0. In the absence of a coordinated plan, the real beneficiaries will likely be the old Green Revolutionaries whose mistakes this second Revolution is meant to ameliorate. Despite assertions to the contrary, there is a real danger that Green Revolution 2.0 will turn into a corporate biotech boom and the destruction of rural resiliency – and diversity – in Africa.
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