# The battle of narratives and how it shapes African food systems today | Professor Molly Anderson

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764/the-battle-of-narratives-and-how-it-shapes-african-food-systems-today-professor-molly-anderson
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764/the-battle-of-narratives-and-how-it-shapes-african-food-systems-today-professor-molly-anderson.md
Podcast: [Battle For African Agriculture Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764)
Published: 2026-04-17T12:12:15+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast/2743375
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/329720/2743375/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast/2026_04_17_12_11_29_72426b7a-bdc1-447d-9183-5d24a0250d9c.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764/episodes/the-battle-of-narratives-and-how-it-shapes-african-food-systems-today-professor-molly-anderson
Duration seconds: 2505

## Resource

In this episode of The Battle for African Agriculture, Million Belay sits down with food systems scholar and activist Professor Molly Anderson to unpack the hidden power structures shaping global agriculture. She draws out linkages from colonial legacies and corporate influence to donor-driven agendas and the politics of food sovereignty. Molly also exposes how dominant narratives continue to shape who controls food, land, and agricultural policy across Africa and beyond. They also explore why the Green Revolution model continues to dominate despite mounting evidence of its failures, how institutions like the World Bank and IMF influence agricultural policy through debt and structural adjustment, and why agroecology is a political struggle for justice, dignity, and power.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764/episodes/the-battle-of-narratives-and-how-it-shapes-african-food-systems-today-professor-molly-anderson/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764/the-battle-of-narratives-and-how-it-shapes-african-food-systems-today-professor-molly-anderson.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.