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The report critiques the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), funded by the Rockefeller and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations, as a vehicle for corporate dominance in African agriculture. The author contends that AGRA promotes a 'technology push' involving GMOs, hybrid seeds, and chemical inputs that benefit agribusiness giants like Monsanto while undermining indigenous knowledge and sustainable agro-ecological practices. The text highlights failed attempts to introduce GM cassava in Nigeria and argues that food insecurity should be addressed through eco-farming and the implementation of the IAASTD review rather than industrial models.