AGRA and Development Ideologies
Critiques of AGRA
Visual and Textual Discourse Analysis
Class Lecture pt.1
Class Lecture pt.2
100

Who gave the remarks at the launch of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at the World Economic Forum in 2007?

Who is Kofi Annan?

100

What is the title of the article by C. Thompson that critiques AGRA?

What is the Rainbow Revolution

100

What development ideology is prominently featured on AGRA’s home website?

What is Modernization

100

What does AGRA stand for?

What is Alliance for Green Revolution

100

What farming technique involves growing the same crop year after year on the same land without rotating to other crops?

What is monocropping

200

What is the main focus of AGRA’s development ideology as seen on their home website?


What is Modernization

200

According to Thompson, what alternative approach to agriculture does he propose instead of AGRA’s Green Revolution?

What is the Rainbow Revolution

200

How does AGRA-Watch’s website visually represent their stance on agriculture?


What are Small-scale farmers, Community gatherings, Sustainable farming practices


200

What were the political motivations behind AGRA?

What is communism

200

Chemical inputs are usually produced by what corporations.

What are Western corporations

300

How does AGRA’s approach to development incorporate or challenge neoliberalism?


What are Market-based solutions/Private sector involvement


300

How does AGRA-Watch’s approach to farming differ from AGRA’s?


What is Agroecology or Food sovereignty


300

What is one-way AGRA’s website attempts to evolve or nuance traditional development models?


What is Gender mainstreaming/Highlighting women’s roles


300

What is one of the four components of AGRA (early version)?

What are High Yield Varieties or Chemical inputs or  Mechanization or Irrigation

300

Who said, "You can’t Build Peace on Empty Stomachs."

Who is Norman Burlong

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