For hundreds of millions of people, agriculture is a powerful path out of poverty. But climate change is changing the rules – reducing yields and incomes. We support smallholder farmers to help families feed themselves and their communities, grow their income, and strengthen local economies.
Ukraine-related spikes in food prices are only the latest evidence that the global agricultural system is broken. Governments around the world need to invest in a more resilient system that…
SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research…
The foundation’s largest nutrition commitment to date comes as malnutrition rates are rising while foreign aid levels are decreasing NEW YORK (September 23, 2021) – The Bill & Melinda Gates…
CEO Mark Suzman makes the case for immediate global action on climate change, including investments in research and innovation and stronger social safety nets.
Rodger Voorhies, president of the foundation’s Global Growth & Opportunity Division, discusses efforts to help farmers adapt to climate change in countries that are already being affected by rising temperatures.
The desert locust infestation in East Africa is compounded by climate change and the pandemic. Collaborative action is needed to avoid a humanitarian disaster.
When Africa’s women farmers thrive, everyone benefits: the women themselves, the children in whom they invest, the communities that they feed, and the economies to which they contribute. With the…
Ndidi Nwuneli is determined to tackle the challenge of hidden hunger. The first step, she says, is to dispel the myth that Africans can’t help themselves. And the next step…
