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Timothy Wise

Timothy A. Wise

Timothy A. Wise is a senior advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), where his work focuses on agribusiness, family farmers and the future of food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press). He was a senior advisor with the Small Planet Institute, where he directed the Land and Food Rights Program from 2016-2020. He is also a senior research fellow at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute, where he founded and directed its Globalization and Sustainable Development Program.

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Women from Abrono Organic Farming Project (ABOFAP) showcase their seeds near Techiman, Ghana.

Time to Rethink the 'Green Revolution'

A new analysis debunking the promised benefits of the model should serve as a wake-up call.

Timothy A. Wise ·

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Beware the 'Climate-Stupid Agriculture' of Bill Gates and His Allies

Bill Gates is just plain wrong when he says the only way to grow food is with synthetic fertilizers.

Timothy A. Wise ·

A farmer works on a broccoli field in San Bartolo, municipality, Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico on March 14, 2020. (Photo: Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP)

Bayer Goes After Mexico for Glyphosate Ban

The pressure by the agribusiness industry continues, but we will keep up our fight.

Timothy A. Wise ·

Aerial view of farmers working in a corn field in San Pedro Nexapa, Mexico state, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World

GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.

Timothy A. Wise ·

Poverty remains high, and severe food insecurity has increased 31% across AGRA’s 13 countries, as measured by the United Nations. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)

Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution

It is time for African governments to step back from the failing Green Revolution and chart a new food system that respects local cultures and communities by promoting low-cost, low-input ecological agriculture.

Million Belay ·

Farmers in Zimbabwe prepare fields to grow corn. "A hotter world is a more unequal world, with the north benefiting and tropical economies declining," the Nature study authors say. "A cooler world leads to more equitable global growth, offering regions like Africa the chance to 'catch up'." (Photo: David White, Oxfam)

Replacing Hunger with Malnutrition

Former UN official calls out failing African Green Revolution.

Timothy A. Wise ·

Ten years into AGRA, Global Hunger Index scores remained in the "serious" or "alarming" categories for 12 of the 13 AGRA countries. (Photo: Global Justice Now/cc/flickr)

The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa

Certain policies, strongly promoted by the Gates Foundation, open Africa to the multinational seed companies in the name of modernization, but they undermine climate resilience and food security for Africa’s small-scale farmers.

Million Belay ·

"Agroecology is the only solution we have to address the multiple crises we are facing." (Photo: Public domain)

Rome Summit Takes Bold Step Toward Agroecology

Leaders endorse agroecology as one of the cutting-edge innovations we need to help small-scale farmers adapt to climate change.

Timothy A. Wise ·

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