2012 Annual Letter From Bill Gates
In his 2012 Annual Letter, Bill Gates highlights the importance of funding agricultural innovation.
"Given the central role that food plays in human welfare and national stability, it is shocking – not to mention short-sighted and potentially dangerous – how little money is spent on agricultural research," says Gates. "...We can help poor farmers sustainably increase their productivity so they can feed themselves and their families. But that will only happen if we prioritize agricultural innovation."
Read the full letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.