Category Archives: Gates Foundation

More than 70 percent of the world’s poor depend on agriculture for both their food and income (Yahoo News / AP)

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Read at : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110601/ap_on_re_us/us_food_and_farm_gates_agriculture_2 Gates Foundation spends $1.7B on farming in Africa By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press SEATTLE – The world’s largest charitable foundation announced five years ago it would spend millions of dollars to fight poverty and hunger … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Gates Foundation

Engineering drought- and disease-resistant seeds, easier access to markets and new techniques (NGO News Africa)

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ngonewsafrica.org/?p=7800 Continental: Bill Gates seeks Africa farm aid ‘This is about catalyzing a business opportunity with enlightened investments,’ Gates says. | Reuters Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates came to Washington on Tuesday with a tough ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Gates Foundation

Gates Foundation : $70 million to a new collaboration helping smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia (African Agriculture)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/2011/03/gates-foundation-in-new-support-for.html Gates Foundation in new support for smallholder agriculture As food price rises threaten global food security once more, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will donate $70 million to a new collaboration that … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Gates Foundation, small-scale farming

The day when people living on less than $2 a day have access to a wide range of financial services, including savings …

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.gatesfoundation.org/foundationnotes/Pages/bob-christen-101216-building-a-community.aspx Building a Community to Bring Savings to the Poor Posted by Bob Christen Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was joined by leaders in government, banking, mobile communications, and international development … Continue reading →

Posted in financial aspects, Gates Foundation, poverty

Spending on agricultural development now can mean decreasing the need for foreign assistance in the future (Gates Foundation)

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.gatesfoundation.org/foundationnotes/Pages/sylvia-mathews-burwell-101217-keeping-promise-delivering-hope.aspx Keeping Promises and Delivering Hope to Poor Farmers and Their Families Posted by Sylvia Mathews Burwell Two days, 150 organizations, 300 speakers, 7,000 delegates, a bazillion ideas. The European Development Days conference I attended in Brussels … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, Gates Foundation, WFP

Worldwatch Receives $1.3 Million Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Examine Hunger Solutions (Worldwatch Institute / Gates Foundation)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

Read at : Worldwatch Institute http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1000?emc=el&m=268171&l=2&v=ef49d29698 Worldwatch Receives $1.3 Million Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Examine Hunger Solutions The Worldwatch Institute is launching a two-year project to point the world toward innovations in agriculture that can nourish … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, Gates Foundation, hunger / famine

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opens Round Three of Grand Challenges Exploration

Posted on April 7, 2009 by

April 2, 2009 Foundation Opens Round Three of Grand Challenges Explorations $100,000 grants available for great ideas to help solve global health challenges Contact: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: media@gatesfoundation.org SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates … Continue reading →

Posted in Gates Foundation, public health

American and Canadian interest in “Seeds for Life” project (Willem)

Posted on May 23, 2008 by

In August 2007, I launched the new project “Seeds for Life” in Belgium (http://zadenvoorleven.worpress.com ; with an English page). Quite soon, it became a real success, people sending me at regular intervals the seeds they collected from the fruits they … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, family gardens, FAO, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, Gates Foundation, hunger / famine, malnutrition, NGO/CSO - Civil society, recycling, SCAD, school gardens, seeds, Social dimensions, UNICEF, vegetables, WFP, WHO, women/youth and desertification

Global warming, hunger and poverty (Willem)

Posted on April 25, 2008 by

MY COMMENT SENT TO THE VOA NEWS Dear Sirs, Today I have been reading your article http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-04-23-voa64.cfm entitled : Global Warming Batters Nigerian Ecosystems. I found it most interesting and I agree fully with the conclusions on the Nigerian contribution … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, CGIAR, Climate / climate change, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, ecosystems, environmental refugees, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, Gates Foundation, hunger / famine, ICARDA, ICRISAT, IFAD, IFPRI, land / land degradation, malnutrition, migration, natural resources, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, public health, rainfed agriculture, rural development, school gardens, Social dimensions, soil conditioning, Success stories - best practices, sustainable development, Technologies, UNCCD, UNHCR, UNICEF, water management, WFP | 1 Comment

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation : Proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations

Posted on April 1, 2008 by

March 31, 2008 Now Accepting Proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations http://www.gcgh.org/Explorations/Pages/Introduction.aspx Contact: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400 Email: media@gatesfoundation.org SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for the … Continue reading →

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