"Since the launching of the renewal, the CGIAR has emphasized a new
research agenda aimed at promoting a sustainable agriculture for food
security and poverty alleviation in the developing world (LDCs). In
various declarations and published materials there is constant mentions of
new technological breakthroughs developed by the IARCs that will have a
more positive impact on the poor of the LDCs. [...]To many NGOs and other
critics of the past Green Revolution, however, there is concern that by