The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Nonprofit

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-5.15: The Gates and Rockefeller foundations announced AGRA in September 2006 with a first investment of $150 million, $100 million of it from Gates, for the Program for Africa's Seed Systems. A July 2020 Tufts University working paper, not peer reviewed and supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, reported maize yields up 29 percent over 12 years, staple crop yields up 18 percent and undernourishment up 30 percent in AGRA's 13 countries.
  • AGR-5.17: Whether AGRA-backed seed-law reforms restrict farmers' rights to save and exchange seed is not established by a primary document.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 640 July 2020. Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University (Timothy A. Wise): Failing Africa's Farmers: An Impact Assessment of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (GDAE Working Paper 20-01)
  • Exhibit 641 July 2020. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, INKOTA-netzwerk, PELUM Zambia, BIBA-Kenya, IRPAD, TABIO and others: False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)