EU AND GATES FOUNDATION PLEDGE OVER €500 MILLION FOR INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE

EU AND GATES FOUNDATION PLEDGE OVER €500 MILLION FOR INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE
Du 22/01/2018 au 28/02/2018

At the One Planet Summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on the two-year anniversary of the Paris climate accord, the  EU, which is the largest donor of development aid, and the  Bill  and  Melinda  Gates  Foundation, which is the larger

philanthropist  organisation in this field, have pledged more than €500 million to  work together  on  a  joint  initiative  to  drive  research  and  technical  and  organisational innovations  across  agricultural  and  food  systems  in  developing  countries.

Given the size of the challenge and the need for urgent action, this high profile public-private partnership has already  started  identifying  priority  investments  for  putting research  into  use,  fostering  innovation  in  farming  and  food  systems,  and  ensuring  their climate relevance. The  generation  of  scientific  knowledge  and  applied  innovations  will  encompass  agronomy for  primary  production,  technology  for  all  steps  of  processing,  general  organisation  along the value  chains, and  focus  on major  activities to increase job  creation  and food  security and  nutrition.

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