This article published in Common Dreams showcases the failures of the predominant input-intensive agriculture approach, still supported by big Donors.

According to the author, branding agroecology as a backward-looking, do-nothing approach to traditional agriculture is a defensive response to the failures of Green Revolution practices. 

He highlights that the report  “Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition”, released by the High Level Panel of Experts of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is useful for those advocates of industrial agriculture so they can update their understanding of the sustainable innovations agroecological sciences offer to small-scale farmers, most of whom have seen no improvements in their farms, incomes, or food security using Green Revolution approaches.