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Jun 10, 2020, 7 tweets

NEW ๐Ÿ“ฐ 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! ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ agroecology-pool.org/MoneyFlowsrepoโ€ฆ

@FutureForAll @IPESfood @IDS_UK ๐ŸŒฟ#Agroecology

#MoneyFlows shines a light on some of the most contentious flows of all ๐Ÿ’ต We look at investments by:

โžก๏ธ The Bill & Melinda @gatesfoundation
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3279/
โžก๏ธ #Kenya-n research institutes ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3282/
โžก๏ธ #Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
๐Ÿ”Ž agroecology-pool.org/download/3285/

What is #agroecology & why are investments in agroecological #research so vital? ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒป

๐Ÿ”Ž Check out the #MoneyFlows fact sheets & find out how @gatesfoundation & #Kenya investments lag well behind, while #Switzerland fares better.

๐Ÿ‘‰ agroecology-pool.org/download/3275/

#Yes2Agroecology

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

๐Ÿ’ก#MoneyFlows are still controlled by powerful actors. We need to understand how they impact the choice of agricultural research for #development projects (#AgR4D).

๐Ÿ‘‰ ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFloโ€ฆ

In #Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช #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 ๐Ÿ‘‰ ipes-food.org/_img/upload/fiโ€ฆ

Full report ๐Ÿ‘‰ ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFloโ€ฆ

#MoneyFlows @aya_chebbi

For the #MoneyFlows report, our analysis didn't just stop at @gatesfoundation & #Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช

We also took a close look at funding by #Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ which has a strong commitment to agri-#development in sub-Saharan #Africa.

Swiss fact sheet๐Ÿ‘‰ ipes-food.org/_img/upload/fiโ€ฆ

The #MoneyFlows report looks at funding for #agroecology, precisely *because* as a planet, we face multiple, serious challenges ๐ŸŒ

โ—๏ธ pressures on #land & #water
โ—๏ธ #health problems
โ—๏ธ #climatechange

So agroecological #research is important ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒพ

โžก๏ธ ipes-food.org/pages/MoneyFloโ€ฆ

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