Bill Gates announced nearly $200 million in grants from his foundation to aid agricultural projects of small farmers, encouraging the use of technology to improve plant breeding.
Among the projects receiving funds is one to monitor the effects of agricultural productivity on a region's population and environment. Other grants will build on existing agricultural projects.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.