New Alliance Food Sec and Nutrition

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2563446/cocacola_is_not_the_solution_to_hunger_in_africa.htmlToday in New York, representatives of powerful governments and multinational companies meet to discuss the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.Its name belies its true purpose. The New Alliance is a scheme to involve big business in agriculture in ten African countries. Last month, <a href="http://bit.ly/1oHmC60" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">Coca-Cola became the highest-profile company</a> to join the G7-led initiative.And the UK government is backing it to the hilt. The Department for International Development is channelling £600 million in aid money for Africa through the New Alliance.What's it got to do with food security and nutrition?Among the big hitters at today's New Alliance meeting will be the UK's international development secretary, Justine Greening. We don't know what she will be talking about with other delegates as the agenda hasn't been made public. But it seems unlikely that either food security or nutrition will get much of a look-in.It is two years since the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition was launched at Camp David in the US. Yet <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/aug-5-2014-us-and-african-leaders-announce-progress-new-partnerships-help-farming-families" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">its second annual progress report</a>, published in August, gave no data on the scheme's impact on food security or nutrition in any of the ten African countries it is targeting.Unfortunately, the New Alliance's lack of attention to the thorny problem of making sure people have enough food comes as little surprise to many of its critics.Global justice campaign group the <a href="http://www.wdm.org.uk/" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">World Development Movement</a> is among 90 development, environment and human rights organisations from G7 countries claiming today that the scheme has nothing to do with food security or nutrition.<a href="http://www.wdm.org.uk/food-and-hunger/call-g8-civil-society-organizations-their-governments-new-alliance-food-security-and" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">Its real aim</a> the groups say, is "to enable private corporations to influence agricultural policy to advance their own interests."A battle against the small farmers who provide 70% of the foodThe interests of the big food and agribusiness companies involved in the New Alliance often go directly against the interests of the small farmers who currently feed at least 70% of people in Africa.Far from enhancing African people's ability to feed themselves, it seems likely that the scheme will make poverty and inequality worse, by taking control of land, seeds and other resources away from small farmers and handing it to companies like Monsanto, Unilever and Syngenta.In return for aid money from countries like the UK and 'investment' from these global companies, the ten African countries that have signed up to the New Alliance are required to make changes to their laws and policies to make life easier for big agribusiness.Laws governing seeds are a prime target. For many small farmers, saving seeds to plant the following year and exchanging different varieties with each other is essential to crop resilience and biodiversity.But as a result of their New Alliance agreements, Tanzania and Mozambique have already formulated new laws to criminalise farmers who exchange seeds rather than buying them from companies like Monsanto. Similar laws are being drafted in Malawi and in Ghana.Whose land is it anyway?Land is, of course, another crucial resource for small farmers, and is also being targeted in the agreements made between companies, donor governments like the UK and the US, and African governments.In Malawi, land distribution is amongst the most unequal in the world. Many of the country's largely agricultural population struggle to grow enough food on the small patches of land available to them, while estates of between 10 and 500 hectares take up half of the country's arable land.Under the New Alliance, the government of <a href="http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/malawi/documents/press_corner/20140807_1_malawi_g8_new_alliance_for_food_security_and_nutrition_annual_progress_report_en.pdf" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">Malawi has committed to handing 200,000 hectares of land</a> over for large-scale commercial agriculture by 2015.In Burkina Faso, a large area of irrigated land is being developed under the New Alliance, as part of the World Bank's Bagré Growth Pole Project. Only <a href="http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/policy/whose-benefit" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">22% of this land is to be allocated to small farmers</a>, with the rest reserved for big agribusiness.Export-oriented agribusinessThe New Alliance aims to increase agricultural production - but not necessarily of food, and not necessarily for consumption by local people. In Malawi again, the scheme is increasing investment by multinational companies in the tobacco industry.The production of cash crops for export is central to the economic model the scheme promotes. Also central to this model are 'agricultural growth corridors' - large areas of land set aside for industrial-scale agricultural production by foreign corporations, connected to infrastructure like roads and ports so that crops can be easily shipped out of the continent.But in many cases, the land being allocated to these mega-projects already has people living and working on it, who stand to lose their livelihoods as big business moves in.Big agribusiness is telling the world a powerful story, persuading us that without it, we have no hope of feeding the global population.Justine Greening's UK Department for International Development seems to have taken this story fully on board. As a result, aid money going to the New Alliance is being used to help boost the profits of Coca-Cola and Monsanto.We must stop this 'new wave of colonialism'But small farmers have stories to tell too, and the narratives emerging from the countries where the New Alliance is operating are quite different. Last year, a group of African farmers' organisations and campaigners condemned the New Alliance as "<a href="http://www.acbio.org.za/activist/index.php?m=u&f=dsp&petitionID=3" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">a new wave of colonialism</a>".If it really wants to address food security and nutrition, the UK government should listen to the voices of the millions of people who live from the land.That means directing aid money to support small-scale farmers and food producers. There's a huge amount to be done to help them farm more sustainably, store their harvests safely, get their produce to market, and supply both local communities and more distant urban markets with safe and wholesome food.That's the way to genuine "food security and nutrition" - not to prise Africa open to predatory corporations in a post-colonial project to grab the continent's richest land and drain its wealth away. <hr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /> Find out more about the <a href="http://www.wdm.org.uk/food" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">World Development Movement's campaign</a> to stop the corporate take-over of Africa's food.Take action: Tell the UK government <a href="http://action.wdm.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1784&ea.campaign.id=26659" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">to pull out of the New Alliance</a>.Miriam Ross is a campaigner at the <a href="http://www.wdm.org.uk/" target="blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 73, 54);">World Development Movement</a>.raj patel food security and nutrition coke and syngenta<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition</a>The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition was announced on the occasion of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/3rd_Annual_Symposium_on_Global_Agriculture_and_Food_Security" title="3rd Annual Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3rd Annual Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security</a>, a May 2012 event hosted by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chicago_Council_on_Global_Affairs" title="Chicago Council on Global Affairs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chicago Council on Global Affairs</a> at which President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a> gave a keynote address.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Corporations_and_Commitments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Corporations and Commitments</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Monsanto.27s_Commitment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1 Monsanto's Commitment</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Syngenta.27s_Commitment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.2 Syngenta's Commitment</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Critique" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Critique</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Resources_and_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Resources and articles</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#Related_Sourcewatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.1 Related Sourcewatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.2 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#External_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.3 External Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#External_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.4 External Articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Corporations and Commitments</h2>Global corporations:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Agco_Corp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agco Corp (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Agco Corp</a>: Commitment to "invest $100 million over the next three years to implement model farms and training centers aimed at improving productivity for 25,000 smallholder farmers ranging from Ethiopia to Mozambique."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Armajaro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armajaro (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Armajaro</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cargill" title="Cargill" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Cargill</a>:<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Diageo" title="Diageo" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Diageo</a>: Commitment to a $1.5 million barley farming project in Sebeta, Ethiopia and a $2 million "scalable sorghum value chain project" in Mogoro, Tanzania.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[3]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DuPont" title="DuPont" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">DuPont</a>: Commitments to "invest more than $3 million over the next three years to help smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to achieve food security" and to sponsor "an innovative Global Food Security Index being developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to measure the drivers of food security across 105 countries."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jain_Irrigation_Systems_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd</a>: Commitment to spend $375 million in Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Monsanto</a>: Commitment for $50 million "over the next ten years to support sustained Africa agricultural development and growth." The funding will go, in part, to Tanzania's Kilimo Kwanza (Agriculture First) initiative.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Netafim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Netafim (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Netafim</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rabobank" title="Rabobank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rabobank</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SABMiller" title="SABMiller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">SABMiller</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Swiss_Re" title="Swiss Re" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Swiss Re</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Syngenta" title="Syngenta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Syngenta</a>: Commitment to make "seed product packs tailored to African farmers" and to "to build a $1 billion business in Africa over the next 10 years."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[7]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[8]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Unilever" title="Unilever" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Unilever</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_Phosphorus_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Phosphorus Limited (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">United Phosphorus Limited</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vodafone" title="Vodafone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Vodafone</a>: Commitment for "improved telecommunications access."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Yara_International" title="Yara International" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Yara International</a>: Commitment to "build Africa's first major fertilizer production facility."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a></li></ul><div>
</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px;">African corporations:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ACT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ACT (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">ACT</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Agrica/KPL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agrica/KPL (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Agrica/KPL</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Agriserv&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agriserv (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Agriserv</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Agro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agro (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Agro</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bank</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ecobank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ecobank (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ecobank</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Finatrade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Finatrade (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Finatrade</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ghana_Nuts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghana Nuts (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ghana Nuts</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Guts_Agro_Industries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guts Agro Industries (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Guts Agro Industries</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hilina_Enriched_Foods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hilina Enriched Foods (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hilina Enriched Foods</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mullege&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mullege (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Mullege</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Omega_Farms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omega Farms (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Omega Farms</a> (Ethiopia)<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Premium_Foods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Premium Foods (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Premium Foods</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Selous_Farming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Selous Farming (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Selous Farming</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SFMC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SFMC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">SFMC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Shambani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shambani (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Shambani</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TAHA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TAHA (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TAHA</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tanseed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanseed (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tanseed</a>: Commitment to "purchase improved seeds from contract growers and package them in small packaging so they can market them specifically to small-scale farmers"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TASTA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TASTA (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TASTA</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tatepa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatepa (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tatepa</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zemen_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zemen Bank (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Zemen Bank</a></li></ul>Global Company Value Chain Initiatives:Africa Cashew Initiative:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kraft" title="Kraft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kraft</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Intersnack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intersnack (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Intersnack</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Olam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olam (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Olam</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oltremare_SRL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oltremare SRL (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Oltremare SRL</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SAP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SAP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">SAP</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trade_and_Development_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trade and Development Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Trade and Development Group</a></li></ul>World Cocoa Foundaiton:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Armajaro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armajaro (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Armajaro</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kraft" title="Kraft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kraft</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hershey%E2%80%99s" title="Hershey’s" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hershey’s</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mars" title="Mars" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mars</a></li></ul>Competitive African Cotton Initiative<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cargill" title="Cargill" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cargill</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dunavant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dunavant (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Dunavant</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Industrial_Promotion_Services%E2%80%93_West_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Industrial Promotion Services – West Africa (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Industrial Promotion Services – West Africa</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plexus_Cotton_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plexus Cotton Limited (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Plexus Cotton Limited</a></li></ul>Private Sector Entities Signing the Private Sector Statement of Support:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Admas_Farmers_Cooperative_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admas Farmers Cooperative Union (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Admas Farmers Cooperative Union</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=African_Export%E2%80%90Import_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African Export‐Import Bank (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">African Export‐Import Bank</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AGCO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AGCO (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">AGCO</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Agricultural_Council_of_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Council of Tanzania (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Agricultural Council of Tanzania</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AgriServ_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AgriServ Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">AgriServ Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AICO_Africa_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AICO Africa Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">AICO Africa Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Archer_Daniels_Midland_Company" title="Archer Daniels Midland Company" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Archer Daniels Midland Company</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Armajaro_Trading_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armajaro Trading Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Armajaro Trading Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Asset_Management_Group_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asset Management Group Limited (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Asset Management Group Limited</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BASF_SE" title="BASF SE" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">BASF SE</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bayer_CropScience_AG" title="Bayer CropScience AG" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bayer CropScience AG</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Becho%E2%80%90Weliso_Farmers_Cooperative_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Becho‐Weliso Farmers Cooperative Union (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Becho‐Weliso Farmers Cooperative Union</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brainchild_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brainchild Tanzania (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Brainchild Tanzania</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bunge_Limited" title="Bunge Limited" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bunge Limited</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cargill,Incorporated" title="Cargill, Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cargill, Incorporated</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Diageo_plc" title="Diageo plc" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Diageo plc</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dunavant_SA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dunavant SA (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Dunavant SA</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DuPont_Company" title="DuPont Company" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">DuPont Company</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ecobank_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ecobank Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ecobank Group</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Equity_Bank_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Equity Bank Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Equity Bank Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Export_Trading_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Export Trading Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Export Trading Group</a> (ETG)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Finatrade_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Finatrade Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Finatrade Group</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ghana_National_Association_of_Farmers_and_Fishermen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ghana_Nuts_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghana Nuts Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ghana Nuts Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Guts_Agro_Industry_PLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guts Agro Industry PLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Guts Agro Industry PLC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hakan_Agro_DMCC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hakan Agro DMCC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hakan Agro DMCC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heineken_N.V." title="Heineken N.V." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Heineken N.V.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hilina_Enriched_Foods_PLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hilina Enriched Foods PLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hilina Enriched Foods PLC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kafoi_Estates_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kafoi Estates Limited (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Kafoi Estates Limited</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kraft_Foods" title="Kraft Foods" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kraft Foods</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=L.T.Foods_Ltd.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L.T. Foods Ltd. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">L.T. Foods Ltd.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lonrho_Plc" title="Lonrho Plc" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lonrho Plc</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Monsanto</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mullege_PLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mullege PLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Mullege PLC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Netafim_Ltd.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Netafim Ltd. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Netafim Ltd.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Novozymes_A/S" title="Novozymes A/S" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Novozymes A/S</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oltremare_SRL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oltremare SRL (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Oltremare SRL</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Omega_Farms,PLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omega Farms, PLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Omega Farms, PLC</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oromia_Coffee_Farmers_Cooperative_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peasant_Farmers_Association_of_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PepsiCo" title="PepsiCo" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">PepsiCo</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plexus_Cotton_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plexus Cotton Limited (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Plexus Cotton Limited</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Premium_Foods_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Premium Foods Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Premium Foods Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Private_Enterprise_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Private Enterprise Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Private Enterprise Foundation</a>/<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federation_of_Assocations_of_Ghanaian_Exporters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federation of Assocations of Ghanaian Exporters (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Federation of Assocations of Ghanaian Exporters</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rabobank_Group" title="Rabobank Group" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rabobank Group</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SABMiller" title="SABMiller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">SABMiller</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Savanna_Farmers_Marketing_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Savanna Farmers Marketing Co. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Savanna Farmers Marketing Co.</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sea%E2%80%90Freight_Pineapple_Exporters_of_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sea‐Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Sea‐Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Selous_Farming_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Selous Farming Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Selous Farming Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Shambani_Graduates_Enterprises_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shambani Graduates Enterprises Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Shambani Graduates Enterprises Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Syngenta" title="Syngenta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Syngenta</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TaherInvest_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TaherInvest Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TaherInvest Group</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TAK_Agro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TAK Agro (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TAK Agro</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tanseed_International_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanseed International Ltd (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tanseed International Ltd</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tanzania_Horticultural_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanzania Horticultural Association (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tanzania Horticultural Association</a> (TAHA)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tanzania_Seed_Trade_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanzania Seed Trade Association (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tanzania Seed Trade Association</a> (TASTA)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TATEPA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TATEPA (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TATEPA</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Unilever" title="Unilever" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Unilever</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vital_Capital_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vital Capital Fund (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Vital Capital Fund</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vodafone" title="Vodafone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Vodafone</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Yara_International_ASA" title="Yara International ASA" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Yara International ASA</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zemen_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zemen Bank (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Zemen Bank</a></li></ul><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Monsanto's Commitment</h3><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Plans include improved access to financial services through a partnership with Opportunity International, continued work with Tanzanian scientists through the Water Efficient Maize for Africa project to introduce new maize hybrids suitable for Tanzania and available royalty free to seed companies, support of a new depot in the agricultural corridor and strengthening of agro-dealer networks to provide more choice to farmers, support of a new initiative led by the Earth Institute of Columbia University focused on soil health to encourage best management practices, and creation of opportunities that provide farmers with improved access to markets.</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Monsanto will also partner with additional organizations on the ground in Tanzania, including Farm Input Promotion Services on farmer education programs and Muunganisho Ujasiriamali Vijijini (MUVI) on the formation of farmer cooperatives that enable farmers to collectively negotiate and market their harvest."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a></dd></dl><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Syngenta's Commitment</h3>In May 2012, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Syngenta" title="Syngenta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Syngenta</a> announced a commitment to "invest over $500 million over 10 years in Africa." A year later, they publicized a new Memorandum of Understanding with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/USAID" title="USAID" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">USAID</a> "to support agriculture and food security activities in Africa, Asia and Latin America."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Under this MOU, USAID and Syngenta will further collaborate in research and development and smallholder capacity building, working with key agriculture and food security partners including scientists, entrepreneurs, policy makers and other donors...</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"Under the MOU, Syngenta and USAID together will build the capacity of smallholder farmers to adopt and safely use technologies that increase their yields through training, demonstrations and other approaches. With USAID, Syngenta will work in specific New Alliance countries and explore ways to increase growers’ use of technologies in crops such as potatoes and will expand smallholder access to tools such as crop insurance and seed treatment."</dd></dl><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Critique</h2><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jill_Richardson" title="Jill Richardson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jill Richardson</a> wrote that "The G8 scheme does nothing to address the problems that are at the core of hunger and malnutrition but will serve only to further poverty and inequality."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a> She went on to tell stories of African peasant farmers who made more money by switching to organic farming than by using <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Synthetic_fertilizer" title="Synthetic fertilizer" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">synthetic fertilizer</a>.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eric_Holt_Gimenez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Holt Gimenez (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Eric Holt Gimenez</a> of Food First also criticized the New Alliance in an article titled "Nothing New About Ignoring Africa's Farmers."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> He wrote:<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"There's a good reason why the 45 members of the New Alliance don't want to hear from the people actually growing the food in Africa... farmers would say that Africa is actually a rich continent and it is the continued extraction of wealth by foreign corporations that causes poverty and hunger -- that the first Green Revolution did not "bypass" Africa; it failed. A new one spearheaded by the same institutions presently spreading GMOs and land grabbing throughout the continent will do more harm than good."</dd></dl>The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Agriculture_and_Trade_Policy" title="Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy</a> was even more harsh, calling the New Alliance a "sad excuse of an aid program."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a> They wrote:<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">"How bad is this idea? Money is money, right? Wrong! The private sector is not just like government, only a little different. It is ENTIRELY different. Corporations are accountable to their shareholders, obliged to make a profit. They are not charities. They are bound by law, but not by the public interest... Corporations are not parties to the human rights covenants that oblige most governments to realize the universal human right to food."</dd></dl><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Oxfam_International" title="Oxfam International" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oxfam International</a> was also critical the new effort with a release titled "G8 Food Security Alliance Answers Question Hungry People Have Not Asked."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> They say that the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition "focuses too heavily on the role of the private sector to tackle the complex challenges of food insecurity in the developing world." Instead, they called on G8 leaders to "keep the promises they have already made to help developing countries invest in sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty." They add that "While there is a positive role for the private sector in the fight against global hunger, the plan's top down approach does not reflect what many people in poor countries say they want or need" and that this new effort is "passing the buck on global hunger."<h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Resources and articles</h2><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Monsanto's Use of Humanitarian Projects to Open Global Markets to GMOs</a></li></ul><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">References</h3><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Andrew Quinn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0518/Obama-to-unveil-plan-for-helping-African-farmers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers</a>, Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Andrew Quinn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0518/Obama-to-unveil-plan-for-helping-African-farmers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers</a>, Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "Diageo furthers commitment to sustainable agriculture in Africa through investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania; Letters of Intent signed at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and World Economic Forumâ(EURO)(TM)s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security," Press Release, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/dupont_food_security/food_security_index/prweb9522461.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">DuPont Unveils New Local Investments in Africa and Innovative Global Food Security Index</a>," DuPont Press Release, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "Jain Irrigation to spend $375 bln in African countries over next few years," India Investment News, May 21, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://monsanto.mediaroom.com/2012-05-18-Monsanto-Announces-50-Million-Commitment-To-African-Agricultural-Development-At-Symposium-On-Global-Agriculture-And-Food-Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Monsanto Announces $50 Million Commitment To African Agricultural Development At Symposium On Global Agriculture And Food Security</a>," Monsanto Press Release, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Andrew Quinn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0518/Obama-to-unveil-plan-for-helping-African-farmers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers</a>, Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.syngenta.com/global/corporate/en/news-center/news-releases/Pages/120518.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Syngenta to expand presence in Africa: contributing to the transformation of agriculture</a>," Press Release, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Andrew Quinn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0518/Obama-to-unveil-plan-for-helping-African-farmers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers</a>, Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> States News Service, Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on Food Security, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> NEW ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION, CQ Federal Department and Agency Documents: REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE DATA, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> States News Service, Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on Food Security, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://monsanto.mediaroom.com/2012-05-18-Monsanto-Announces-50-Million-Commitment-To-African-Agricultural-Development-At-Symposium-On-Global-Agriculture-And-Food-Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Monsanto Announces $50 Million Commitment To African Agricultural Development At Symposium On Global Agriculture And Food Security</a>," Monsanto Press Release, May 18, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/usaid-syngenta-collaborate-improve-global-food-security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">USAID, Syngenta Collaborate to Improve Global Food Security</a>, May 9, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Jill Richardson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155559/how_the_us_sold_africa_to_multinationals_like_monsanto%2C_cargill%2C_dupont%2C_pepsico_and_others/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others</a>," Alternet, May 23, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> Eric Holt Gimenez, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/africa-food-security_b_1537279.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Nothing New About Ignoring Africa's Farmers</a>," Huffington Post, May 23, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iatp.org/blog/201205/g-8-punts-on-food-security-%E2%80%A6-to-the-private-sector" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">G-8 punts on food security … to the private sector</a>," Think Forward, May 22, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> States News Service, "Oxfam: G8 Food Security Alliance Answers Question Hungry People Have Not Asked," States News Service, May 18, 2012.</li></ol><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">External Resources</h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.actionaidusa.org/critiques-g8-new-alliance-food-security-and-nutrition" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Critiques of the G8 New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition</a>," ActionAid.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2012/fs120518.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Key Facts: The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/USAID" title="USAID" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">USAID</a>, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/18/fact-sheet-g-8-action-food-security-and-nutrition" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Fact Sheet: G-8 Action on Food Security and Nutrition</a>, White House, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.modernghana.com/news/396437/1/afdb-participates-in-launch-of-the-new-alliance-fo.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">AfDB Participates in Launch of The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition</a>, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/977447/world-vision-responds-to-u-s-president-obama-s-announcement-at-the-g8-summit-of-the-creation-of-new-alliance-for-food-security-and-nutrition" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">World Vision responds to U.S. President Obama's announcement at the G8 Summit of the creation of New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition</a>, May 18, 2012.</li></ul><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">External Articles</h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tom Philpott, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/05/obama-g-8-agrichemical-industry-will-sort-out-africas-food-woes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">On Aid, Obama Sells Out Poor Countries to Big Ag</a>," Mother Jones, May 25, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jill Richardson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155559/how_the_us_sold_africa_to_multinationals_like_monsanto%2C_cargill%2C_dupont%2C_pepsico_and_others/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others</a>," Alternet, May 23, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Eric Holt Gimenez, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/africa-food-security_b_1537279.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Nothing New About Ignoring Africa's Farmers</a>," Huffington Post, May 23, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iatp.org/blog/201205/g-8-punts-on-food-security-%E2%80%A6-to-the-private-sector" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">G-8 punts on food security … to the private sector</a>," Think Forward, May 22, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Aid for Africa," Washington Post editorial, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">International Fund for Agricultural Development, "Food and Agriculture; Scaling up the Fight Against Poverty and Hunger in Africa," Africa News, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Stephanie Strom, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/business/white-house-enlists-45-firms-to-give-3-billion-to-grow-food-for-worlds-poor.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">White House Enlists 45 Companies to Invest in Food Production for the World's Poor</a>," The New York Times, May 18, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andrew Quinn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0518/Obama-to-unveil-plan-for-helping-African-farmers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers</a>, Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2012.</li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); 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