Comments on: Four Categories of Problems with AGRA http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2008/06/agra-watch-blog-post/ Working Locally for Justice in the Global Economy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Margherita Pagni http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2008/06/agra-watch-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Margherita Pagni Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/?p=23#comment-2251 THANK YOU,THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It is high time someone challenged the reductionist and biased approaches to grant making for AG by large foundations. like Gates--I hope others will follow. How do these big foundations shape their thinking on the subject? Who do they listen to, and who do they NOT listen to? I also hope they create advisory committees of people who have already done their research homework and who can advise the, at the very least, where to look for evidence. And what a lame response from the Gates spokesperson "no one has a silver bullet". As if the cliche can obscure the fact the we already know what doesn't work. If it doesn't work here, how can it possibly work in Africa? THANK YOU,THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

It is high time someone challenged the reductionist and biased approaches to grant making for AG by large foundations. like Gates–I hope others will follow.

How do these big foundations shape their thinking on the subject? Who do they listen to, and who do they NOT listen to?
I also hope they create advisory committees of people who have already done their research homework and who can advise the, at the very least, where to look for evidence.

And what a lame response from the Gates spokesperson “no one has a silver bullet”. As if the cliche can obscure the fact the we already know what doesn’t work. If it doesn’t work here, how can it possibly work in Africa?

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