{"id":17308,"date":"2020-07-28T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?post_type=post_events&#038;p=17308"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T08:01:21","slug":"agras-fake-promises-liberating-our-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post_events","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/calendar\/agras-fake-promises-liberating-our-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Agra&#8217;s Failed Promises &#8211; Liberating our Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHealthEarth%2Fvideos%2F593178444725692%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"411\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A recently released report by a coalition of German and African civil society groups, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosalux.de\/en\/publication\/id\/42635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">False Promises<\/a>,&#8217; shows that the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is failing on its own terms. 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