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Few, if any, parts of the world have been untouched by the Green Revolution. Despite its spectacular success in alleviating famine, critics blamed its emphasis on mechanical and chemical solutions and focus on cereal grain production for environmental degradation, reduction in biodiversity, and a rise in 'factory farms' at the expense of subsistence farmers. However, even in the 1960s, some programs sought to address the need for impoverished small farmers to acquire land and obtain tools and seeds necessary for sustaining their families.
Today, philanthropies and some governments are taking new approaches to attack the hunger/poverty cycle at the family unit level. Current Rockefeller agriculture initiatives include:
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Winrock International.