AGRA Watch

Challenging the Gates Foundation’s problematic agricultural development programs and supporting African-led, socially and ecologically responsible agriculture.

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#BillGates has set the stage for other techbro #billionaires to use charitable donations to gain political power, says @TimothyWSchwab in our recent webinar. Watch the full recording now: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk #SaveDemocracyFromOligarchy

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Gabriel Manyangadze of SAFCEI passionately criticizes #BillGates and how he cannot simply ignore the harm he has caused: “We are not saying reparations, we are saying ‘restore that which you damaged.’ You should not just walk away.” Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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Despite #BillGates decades-long meddling in #publicschool education, “he has not a mumbling word to say about the criminalization of teaching the truth about our nation’s history,” says @JessedHagopian in our recent webinar. Full recording here: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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African agriculture needs AGRA to abandon their relationship with the #GreenRevolution and support community-based agroecological practices. Gabriel Manyangadze of SAFCEI explains how AGRA could make a real, positive difference. Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

We must keep the pressure on #BillGates and the #GatesFoundation! Our recent webinar was a promising step forward for our speakers & attendees as we #confrontoligarchy, said Nicoletta Dentico. Watch the webinar recording: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

In our recent webinar @Mittaloak says we all need to acknowledge the harms caused by #BillGates & hold him accountable. “We cannot expect for him to do the right thing. It’s like hoping the bank robber will guard the bank.” Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

Hear Gabriel Manyangadze of @SAFCEI, who are “calling out to the #GatesFoundation to say ‘please come in and fix that which you also caused’,” to make reparations for the ecological and social damage left in their wake. Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

During the height of COVID #BillGates took over the response to the #publichealth crisis, setting a staggering, horrifying precedent. Learn more about this worrying historic shift in #globalhealth from Nicoletta Dentico in our recent webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

Educator @JessedHagopian argues that #BillGates believes that “communities don’t need self-determination, they need guidance of billionaires. And really, that’s not philanthropy. That’s colonial control by another name.” Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

AGRA and the #GatesFoundation have imposed an extractive food system in Africa which does not care for biodiversity, nor does it recognize indigenous knowledge and systems, says Gabriel Manyangadze of @SAFCEI. Learn more in our webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

In our recent webinar @Mittaloak highlights that #BillGates & the #GatesFoundation have been exporting a bad model for agriculture to Africa: “It is wrong. It is about continuing this program of colonial control.” Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk #ConfrontOligarchy

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

#BillGates and the #GatesFoundation have a “colonial mentality where there is more of an extraction of resources from Africa,” and money for development always goes back to where it’s coming from. Learn more from Gabriel Manyangadze in our webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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Nicolleta Dentico of @SID_INT shares this stark reality: “The WHO is completely ‘Gated’... if you are not funded by the #GatesFoundation, you are… the child of a lesser god.” We need a more democratic view of #publichealth! Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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@JessedHagopian highlights the gross level of power #BillGates has amassed by spending billions “experimenting on the education of poor children… while sending his own kids to elite private schools.” Learn more in our webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk #ConfrontOligarchy

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AGRA forced the use of #industrialagriculture in Africa, inconsiderate of #biodiversity & the pollution has damaged farmland & waterways to the point where they can’t be recovered easily, says Gabriel Manyangadze of @SAFCEI during our recent webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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@TimothyWSchwab points out #BillGates is a more malevolent oligarchic figure than Elon Musk b/c Gates hides his influence “under this halo of philanthropy.” We need more #democratic institutions, not more #billionaire control. Watch the webinar https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

@Mittaloak points out how #BillGates has an obsession with technological solutions to problems while ignoring their impacts: he promotes industrial agriculture which worsens climate crises. Watch the webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk #ConfrontOligarchy

[AGRA Watch @agrawatch]

AGRA and the #GatesFoundation failed to increase farmer incomes and reduce hunger because “their approach was presumptive. It did not involve the people who matter most,” says Gabriel Manyangadze of @SAFCEI. Learn more in our webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk

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Nicolleta Dentico of @SID_INT shines light on the true nature of Bill Gates’ vision for #globalhealth in our recent webinar, Gates’s Global Power Grab: Building a Movement Against Oligarchy. Watch the full webinar recording: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk #ConfrontOligarchy

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Gabriel Manyangadze of @SAFCEI explains that smallholder farmers were meant to benefit from AGRA, but instead they worked to enact policies and laws that intentionally benefit #agrochemical companies. Learn more in our webinar: https://t.co/bqWnSjKCSk