Episode 117: Timothy A. Wise On Rethinking The Green Revolution

The Checkout speaks with researcher Timothy A. Wise on the failures behind the Green Revolution in Africa and what the alternatives could be for food security and sovereignty.

https://www.timothyawise.com/about

Timothy A. Wise is a Senior Advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), where his work focuses on the Future of Food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press 2019).

He is a Senior Advisor with the Small Planet Institute, where he directed the Land and Food Rights Program from 2016-2020. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute, where he founded and directed its Globalization and Sustainable Development Program. He previously served as executive director of the U.S.-based aid agency Grassroots International.

Further info: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/donors-must-rethink-africas-flagging-green-revolution-new-evaluation-shows-commentary/

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Episode #117 Notes

1:00 - Tim’s background and experience in international agriculture.

2:30 - Defining the Green Revolution and Tim’s recent findings.

5:30 - On donor funded studies and implications.

11:00 - On Ag Tech, philanthropy, and African agriculture.

21:00 - On the war in Ukraine, and potential impact on African agriculture.

32:00 - On GMO discourse.

37:00 - Scientists and Agroecology.

43:00 - Closing thoughts.