The Bill and The Gates Foundation is putting $300m into developing innovative farming technologies. The money will be put towards creating more resilient crops that can cope with rising temperatures and extreme weather conditions as a result of global warming. Smallholders who produce up 80% of food consumed in Africa and Asia are particularly at risk from these changes and new crop diseases linked to them. Melinda Gates Foundation has already committed over $2bn to agricultural development projects in south Asia and Africa.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting $300m into developing innovative farming technologies. The money will be put towards creating more resilient crops that can cope with rising temperatures and extreme weather conditions as a result of global warming. Smallholders who produce up 80% of food consumed in Africa and Asia are particularly at risk from these changes and new crop diseases linked to them. The Gates Foundation has already committed over $2bn to agricultural development projects in south Asia and Africa.