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Philanthrocapitalism: appropriation of Africa's genetic wealth

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Although debates about the Gates Foundation's Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) continue with the serious criticisms that it will transform Africa's farming systems into monoculture and that it is trying to link African food production to the global 'food value chain', this paper focuses on more fundamental goals of AGRA: to access and privatise Africa's genetic wealth. Employing the theory of accumulation by dispossession explains why AGRA is appropriating African genetic wealth and the theory of philanthrocapitalism explains how that appropriation is occurring. This study employs philanthrocapitalism to show that the multiple acts of genetic resource expropriation are neither disparate nor unconnected, but rather, reflect a systemic change of replacing public agricultural sectors with private business practices and control.

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  • Carol B. Thompson, 2014. "Philanthrocapitalism: appropriation of Africa's genetic wealth," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(141), pages 389-405, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:41:y:2014:i:141:p:389-405
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.901946
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    1. Peter Jacques, 2015. "Civil society, corporate power, and food security: counter-revolutionary efforts that limit social change," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 5(3), pages 432-444, September.
    2. Luna, Jessie K. & Dowd-Uribe, Brian, 2020. "Knowledge politics and the Bt cotton success narrative in Burkina Faso," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    3. Schurman, Rachel, 2018. "Micro(soft) managing a ‘green revolution’ for Africa: The new donor culture and international agricultural development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 180-192.
    4. Behrooz Morvaridi, 2016. "Does sub-Saharan Africa need capitalist philanthropy to reduce poverty and achieve food security?," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(147), pages 151-159, January.

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