# Africa’s Green Revolution threatens traditional foods

https://mins.news/en/item/65344

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-19 09:36 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/19/africas-green-revolution-threatens-traditional-foods?traffic_source=rss

> The article argues that AGRA’s promotion of commercial seeds, fertilisers and monocultures such as maize has failed to deliver its promised productivity revolution while displacing more nutritious, climate-resilient traditional crops. Since 2006, millet production in participating countries has fallen 27 percent, even as maize output more than doubled.