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Gates to urge renewal of Green Revolution

Des Moines : IA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Transforming how people use computers may have been the easy part...Over the past three years, his foundation has committed $1.4 billion toward agricultural development, funding projects ranging from breeding higher-yielding plants to helping African farmers find new markets for their crops...
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    Iowa — The world can make huge strides in reducing hunger and poverty by helping the world's poorest farmers become more productive, Microsoft Inc. co-founder Bill Gates said Thursday. Gates, co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    The grants, announced on the eve of World Food Day, are from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organisation co-chaired by Gates and his wife. "Three-quarters of the world's poorest people get their food and income by farming...
  • News Source: Associated Press | about 1 month ago
    Bill Gates says the world can make huge strides in reducing hunger and poverty by helping small-holder farmers in Africa become more productive. The founder of Microsoft Inc. and co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spoke at the World...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Michigan State University says a five-year, $10.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help it train African biosafety regulators. The grant is part of the foundation's new $120 million initiative aimed at using technology to...
  • News Source: India Abroad | about 1 month ago
    The Gates Foundation also announced on Wednesday grants to nine foundations totalling $120 million illustrating the range of efforts necessary to empower millions of small farmers to grow enough to build better, healthier lives. Gates will also pay...
  • News Source: Des Moines Register | about 1 month ago
    Transforming how people use computers may have been the easy part...Over the past three years, his foundation has committed $1.4 billion toward agricultural development, funding projects ranging from breeding higher-yielding plants to helping African...
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    Other projects will help the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa support African governments in developing policies that serve small farmers; help get information to farmers by radio and cell phone; support school feeding programs; provide
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    Part of the project is dedicated to capacity building, primarily targeting national program scientists participating in the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa's ( AGRA) Program for Africa's Seed System (PASS) program. ... This grant is part of
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    To develop a strong policy support system in Africa that will raise incomes, and assure household and national food security. The program focuses on policies to speed adoption of approaches to improve farmer productivity, market and trade ... To
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    Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday will unveil grants totaling 120 million dollars to promote dynamic, home-grown, sustainable agriculture in Africa and India. The grants, which will be made by the Bill and Melinda
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    Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday will unveil grants totaling 120 million dollars to promote dynamic, home-grown, sustainable agriculture in Africa and India. The grants, which will be made by the Bill and ... Others
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    Gates also will announce nine foundation grants totaling US$120 million that illustrate the range of efforts necessary to empower millions of small farmers to grow enough to build better, healthier lives. “Melinda and I believe that helping the
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