“Three-quarters of the world’s poorest people get their food and income by farming small plots of land,” Gates said. “So if we can make smallholder farming more productive and more profitable, we can have a massive impact on hunger and nutrition and poverty.”

Interestingly, Bill is looking to controversial genetically modified foods (GMFs) as part of the solution. The Microsoft founder recently gifted $10.4 million to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and Michigan State University, as part of a charge to develop a center in Africa to regulate the new biotechnology.

Think Gates can lead the way? Are GMFs a viable solution? It’s certainly great to see someone using his wealth to do so much good in his lifetime.

Read the entire article at: Scientific American

Bill Gates – Can he solve the world hunger problem? is a post from: Geoff Snyder's Leadership and Team Collaboration Blog - Freedom to Think and Dream Big