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===AGRA===
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the founders and primary financiers of the [[Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa]] (AGRA), an African-led organization focused on "transforming African agriculture"<ref>{{cite web |title=Alliance for a Green Revolution |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/98-0513530 |website=Guidestar.org |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513223051/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/98-0513530 |url-status=live }}</ref> to improve food security in Africa and reduce poverty among small farmers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Strategy – AGRA |url=https://agra.org/our-strategy/ |website=AGRA.org |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165531/https://agra.org/our-strategy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some critics allege that by encouraging the use of mass-produced fertilizers and new seed varieties, AGRA's hidden goal is not to lift small farmers out of poverty, but to control them through dependence on profit-oriented international supply chains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt-ernaehrung.de/2013/08/19/bill-gates-in-afrika/|title=Bill Gates in Afrika » Welt-Ernährung|website=www.welt-ernaehrung.de|date=August 19, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726224548/https://www.welt-ernaehrung.de/2013/08/19/bill-gates-in-afrika/|url-status=live}}</ref>