“Green Revolution”, Agroecology and the MST Agroecology Schools

This chapter aims to reflect on the political economy of the “Green Revolution”, the debate on agroecology and the MSTLandless Rural Workers Movement (MST)'s agroecology schools. To achieve this objective, in the first section, we present a critical analysis of the so-called Green Revolution fetish, characterised by the concentration of land in the hands of few owners and transnational corporations, control of production and distribution of seeds, tractors, synthetic fertilisers and pesticides by corporations, besides the many socio-environmental problems it caused: cancer, destruction of the immune system, increased unemployment, indebtedness of small farmers, etc.