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๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ 'Industrial #agriculture receiving bulk of #Africaโ€™s agricultural development funding'

๐Ÿ’ต "Investments by Bill & Melinda @gatesfoundation, #Kenya and #Switzerland still reinforce status quo in agricultural research," write @Nipashetz #MoneyFlows

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"New data shows that only a fraction of agricultural research funding in #Africa is being used to transform #food and farming systems. Only 3% of @gatesfoundation projects in Africa support sustainable, regenerative approaches โ€“ or #agroecology," says #Tanzania's @Nipashetz
"The #MoneyFlows report looks at investments in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on #Switzerland, a major bilateral donor, the @gatesfoundation, the biggest philanthropic investor in agri-#development, and #Kenya, one of Africaโ€™s leading recipients and implementers of '#AgR4D'." ImageImage
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NEW ๐Ÿ“ฐ The #MoneyFlows report by Biovision, IPES-Food & IDS is out! We look at financial flows in #foodsystems & find out just what is holding back investment in agroecological research in #Africa! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ agroecology-pool.org/MoneyFlowsrepoโ€ฆ

@FutureForAll @IPESfood @IDS_UK ๐ŸŒฟ#Agroecology Image
#MoneyFlows shines a light on some of the most contentious flows of all ๐Ÿ’ต We look at investments by:

โžก๏ธ The Bill & Melinda @gatesfoundation
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3279/
โžก๏ธ #Kenya-n research institutes ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3282/
โžก๏ธ #Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3285/ ImageImage
What is #agroecology & why are investments in agroecological #research so vital? ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒป

๐Ÿ”Ž Check out the #MoneyFlows fact sheets & find out how @gatesfoundation & #Kenya investments lag well behind, while #Switzerland fares better.

๐Ÿ‘‰ agroecology-pool.org/download/3275/

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