The farmers and Melinda Gates Foundation is putting $ 500 m into developing innovative farming technologies . The money will be put towards creating more resilient farms that can cope with extreme 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 diseases and new infectious diseases spread to them . The 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.