Gates Foundation to help UN food programme with new market mechanism
Source: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT September 25, 2008 NEW YORK - Microsoft's chief Bill Gates on Wednesday unveiled a plan that his charity foundation will help bring hundreds of thousands of smaller farmers into the market as suppliers to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
Gates joined WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran and leaders of three African nations at the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York to launch the plan, according to the Seattle Times newspaper.
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