Africa: Bill Gates Calls International Response to Helping Poor Farmers Outdated and Inefficient, Outlines Changes Needed to Feed 1 Billion Hungry Announces Nearly $200 Million in New Agriculture Grants, Bringing Foundation Total to Over $2 Billion

Rome : Italy | Feb 23, 2012 at 2:57 AM PST

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Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. Gates asked the UN bodies responsible for fighting hunger and poverty to unite around... FULL ARTICLE AT All Africa

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