Shakira's Bangladesh-Appeal

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Musician Shakira calls for action, after visiting Bangladeshi cyclone-victims in 07.

Saving the World

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a package of grants totalling US$306 million aimed at improving productivity of agriculture in the developing world.

Most of the money will go to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, which intends to improve soils in more than 6.3 million hectares of land.

The rest of the Gates handout will be split between outfits that develop micro-irrigation technologies for small-holder farmers in India, boost high-quality coffee production or milk quality in Kenya and elsewhere, and improve dairy farmers’ access to markets in Bangladesh.

Via Money-Soft