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NEW 📰 The #MoneyFlows report by Biovision, IPES-Food & IDS is out! We look at financial flows in #foodsystems & find out just what is holding back investment in agroecological research in #Africa! 🌱🌍

👉 agroecology-pool.org/MoneyFlowsrepo…

@FutureForAll @IPESfood @IDS_UK 🌿#Agroecology

#MoneyFlows shines a light on some of the most contentious flows of all 💵 We look at investments by:

➡️ The Bill & Melinda @gatesfoundation
🔎 agroecology-pool.org/download/3279/
➡️ #Kenya-n research institutes 🇰🇪
🔎 agroecology-pool.org/download/3282/
➡️ #Switzerland 🇨🇭
🔎 agroecology-pool.org/download/3285/

What is #agroecology & why are investments in agroecological #research so vital? 🌱🌾🌻

🔎 Check out the #MoneyFlows fact sheets & find out how @gatesfoundation & #Kenya investments lag well behind, while #Switzerland fares better.

👉 agroecology-pool.org/download/3275/

#Yes2Agroecology

New report, ok. But why financial flows in #Africa? And why agroecological research?

💡#MoneyFlows are still controlled by powerful actors. We need to understand how they impact the choice of agricultural research for #development projects (#AgR4D).

👉 ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFlo…

In #Kenya 🇰🇪 #agroecology is on the rise, thanks to the efforts of @kalromkulima & others. But most investments in #agriculture still reinforce an industrial status quo.

Fact sheet 👉 ipes-food.org/_img/upload/fi…

Full report 👉 ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFlo…

#MoneyFlows @aya_chebbi

For the #MoneyFlows report, our analysis didn't just stop at @gatesfoundation & #Kenya 🇰🇪

We also took a close look at funding by #Switzerland 🇨🇭 which has a strong commitment to agri-#development in sub-Saharan #Africa.

Swiss fact sheet👉 ipes-food.org/_img/upload/fi…

The #MoneyFlows report looks at funding for #agroecology, precisely *because* as a planet, we face multiple, serious challenges 🌍

❗️ pressures on #land & #water
❗️ #health problems
❗️ #climatechange

So agroecological #research is important 🌿🌻🌾

➡️ ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFlo…