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Announcements — Agricultural Development
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| Jun 27, 2008 | ICGEB Recieves Grant to Strengthen and Expand Biosafety Systems in Subsaharan Africa
TRIESTE, Italy -- The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) today announced a US $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help support the development of effective safety and regulatory systems for biotechnology in Africa. |
| | Apr 30, 2008 | CRS Announces Grant to Help Small-Scale Farmers Protect Cassava from Disease
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A $21.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is enabling Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its partners to help small farmers in central and east Africa protect cassava―a critical source of food and income―from two spreading pandemics that are decimating as much as 70 percent of crop yields. |
| | Apr 30, 2008 | University Announces Grant to Boost Incomes of Poorest Farmers in Africa
LONDON -- An initiative led by the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute in close partnership with organizations in five African countries―Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi―aims to significantly boost the incomes of small-scale African farmers by linking them to new markets. |
| | Apr 2, 2008 | Cornell University to Lead Broad Global Partnership to Combat Wheat Rust Disease and Protect Resource-Poor Farmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University today announced a $26.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a broad-based global partnership to combat a deadly wheat disease that poses an enormous threat to global food security. |
| | Mar 19, 2008 | African Agricultural Technology Foundation to Develop Drought-Tolerant Maize Varieties for Small-Scale Farmers in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda -- The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) today announced a public-private partnership to develop drought-tolerant maize varieties for Africa. |
| | Feb 25, 2008 | NEPAD-Michigan State University partnership to bolster Africa's biosafety capacity
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and Michigan State University today announced a $1.5 million grant to MSU from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to bolster Africa's biosafety expertise. |
| | Feb 22, 2008 | Grant to Support Women's Programs in West Africa
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $19 million grant to a poverty reduction and women's empowerment project supported by the United Nations Development Programme and designed to boost the productivity and income of women farmers using low-cost, mechanized power. |
| | Jan 25, 2008 | IDE Receives Second Grant From Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Lakewood, Colo. -- International Development Enterprises (IDE) today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers. |
| | Jan 25, 2008 | Major Grant for TechnoServe to Double Coffee Incomes of Small-Scale Farmers in East Africa
Washington, D.C. -- A significant grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow TechnoServe to help small-scale coffee farmers in East Africa double their incomes. |
| | Jan 25, 2008 | Heifer Receives Grant from Gates Foundation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Heifer International today announced a four-year $42.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund a project to help poor rural farmers in East Africa double their incomes by increasing their production of high quality raw milk to sell to dairies. |
| | Jan 25, 2008 | New Funding to Help Poor Rice Farmers Succeed Amid Climate Change and Other Challenges
LOS BANOS, Philippines -- The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is receiving significant new funding to harness major scientific advances and address some of the biggest unsolved problems in agriculture. |
| | Jan 25, 2008 | AGRA to Help Revive Depleted Soils of Small-Scale Farmers
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Determined to revive the grossly depleted soils of sub-Saharan Africa, which are a major underlying cause of poverty and hunger, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) today announced a $180 million five-year program to restore the fertility of Africa's soils. |
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