JUNE 15, 2012 Bill Gates on G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gates’ letter to President Calderon in advance of summit urges G20 leadership to improve quality of life for all
MAY 18, 2012 Bill Gates’ Statement in Response to G8 Food Security Commitment | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates commended today’s announcement by President Obama of investment in Africa’s agriculture to help millions of people lift themselves out of hunger and poverty.
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Africa’s Emerging Seed Industry Gets $56 Million Boost to Increase Food Crops | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Millions of poor, smallholder farmers and their families will directly benefit from access to improved seed through higher yields and incomes
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 CARE Launches Agricultural Program to Improve Food Security, Empower Women Farmers in South Asia and Africa | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CARE, the global fighting poverty organization, announced today the start of its new Pathways program.
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Gates Foundation and DFID Award GALVmed $51 Million to Combat Livestock Disease Edinburgh-based charity the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) is to receive funding of over £31.2million ($51.5million) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID).
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Global Tool to Gauge Earth’s & Humanity’s Vital Signs Launches in Africa | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation African Monitoring System launches with ground-breaking grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a policy support tool and “gold standard” environmental monitoring system for holistic decision-making on agricultural development
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Helping Poor Farmers, Changes Needed to Feed 1 Billion Hungry | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces nearly $200 million in new agriculture grants, bringing foundation total to over $2 billion
FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Climate-ready Maize Gets a Boost: Phase III of the Drought Tolerant Maize in Africa Project to Reach More Farmers | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Over the past five years, more than 34 new drought tolerant maize varieties have been developed and deployed to over 2 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, empowering them to cope with climate change impacts on their livelihoods and food security.