>I don’t know why there’s an attitude of “Its philanthropic! It’s good!” Some of it is not.
Its not good just because its philanthropic, its good because they are investing money fighting diseases that nobody is interested in curing because there is no money in it (because the victims are from poor countries). A prime example is tuberculosis.
Also to your specific point - according to their own website https://agra.org/faqs/#1518765023405-cb110e47-d755
"AGRA has never taken a monocropping approach to agricultural development. We have invested millions of dollars in breeding minor crops grown by smallholder farmers in order to help them maintain diversity even as agricultural systems intensify."
I'm not going to blindly believe them, I'll give them a chance to make their case...