Journal of Agriculture and Livelihood Issues in Africa 1 Journal of Agriculture and Livelihood Issues in Africa www.jalia.gladeducation.org ISSN – 2820-2783 (online) www.gladeducation.org Book review. Moseley, William G., Matthew A. Schnurr and Rachel Bezner Kerr (Eds). (2016). Africa's Green Revolution: Critical Perspectives on New Agricultural Technologies and Systems. New York: Routledge. Nelson Mwesiga Ishengoma Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Dodoma, Tanzania Contact: ishengomanelson@gmail.com Sharp and Leshner (2016) in recent call urged the people to embrace the new Green Revolution in the US asserting that more than ever, the US needed to take to the 21 st -century scientific innovations, inject massive funds so that better methods of producing food can be developed. This assertion was strongly criticized by Berry and Jackson (2016) attacking Sharp and Leshner terming them ignorant of the dire negative consequences on the society and the ecology of the Green Revolution besides remarkably omitting farmers and farmlands in their article on agriculture. They concluded their fierce attack on Sharp and Leshner by arguing that even the so-called respected scientist who proposes technological innovations and conducts scientific research know little about agriculture and advance these innovations with no regard for neither the farmers nor the land. For Berry and Jackson (2016), the solutions to problems in agriculture lie in the traditional methods of farming that are not only socially sane but also ecologically sound in a way that Green Revolution will never be. This recent debate exemplifies a bruising battle that has gone on for a long time (and still on-going) between the supporters and opponents of the Green Revolution approach to developments in agriculture. For proponents, their firm support is based on Green revolution’s innovative scientific technologies and their immense contribution to crop yields. But the opponents, on the other hand, based their criticism on Green revolution’s dire negative effects on not only ecology but also social and economic spheres besides it showing total lack of concern to agricultural players. This book “Africa’s Green Revolution: Critical Perspective on new Agricultural Technologies and Systems” positions itself on the critical side of this debate. The arguments here are borrowed from African Geographical Review. Therefore, this edited volume pieces up the