The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation i going to donate a total of $120-million. This is supposed to boost agricultural production, and farming in the developing world. “Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's single most powerful lever for reducing hunger and poverty,” Mr. Gates, the billionaire founder of software giant Microsoft, said. The Gates Foundation has been active in fighting child and infectious diseases in poor countries. It has given $1.4-billion to agricultural development. Mr. Gates says that the process of making global hunger decrease is “endangered by an ideological wedge that threatens to split the movement in two”. “It's a false choice, and it's dangerous for the field,” Mr. Gates said in prepared remarks. “The fact is, we need both productivity and sustainability – and there is no reason we can't have both.” The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said on Oct 8 that net investments of $83-billion a year must be made in agriculture in developing countries if there is to be enough food to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050.
I think that Mr.Gates is doing a good thing by helping out the developing countries. He has so much money that could be going towards other things that would benefit him, but is choosing to help people who need it much more than he does. He should be rewarded for his efforts. He has been helping out the agricultural aspect of the less fortunate people and is surely helping out the world in a huge way.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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This truly shows the character of Bill Gates, a man who was so much, who is willing to give to the people less fortunate. He's not only giving them money, he's giving them a source of income in which farming is. With hard work and determination, this generous offer could change the lives of millions. A great job by Bill Gates.
This give me a different view on Bill Gates. I thought Bill was a greedy man however, from this article I learned that Bill Gates donated 120 million dollars and then 1.4 billion dollars. I like how Mr. Gates is donating his money to agricultural production and how he is striving to reduce the hunger and poverty levels. Bill gates has probably provided food for many many people good on him. Great blog.
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