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We are committed to grand ideas that spur innovation

We are committed to grand ideas that spur innovation

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Joan, a businesswoman, tends to her flock inside a poultry house at her home in Naivasha, Kenya.

Agricultural innovation and improved nutrition are necessary for a climate-stressed world

To address climate catastrophe, reducing emissions is not enough. New solutions must help smallholder farmers and families adapt to a changing world.
By Rodger Voorhies President, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
A community health worker puts a mark on a child's finger after administering the polio vaccine during a door-to-door polio vaccination (nOPV2) campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia, in May 2023.

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