Bill Gates serious about fighting hunger

[Jon88]

Bill Gates new project: Farming

Economic woes took a back seat at the World Economic Forum

Bill Gates leads corporate responsibility drive with $306M grants

By Barry Neild

DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates announced a new direction Friday as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries, leading the charge for corporate responsibility at a major meeting of business chiefs.


The announcement by Gates, who is to step down from the computer giant later this year, drew attention from the financial woes that have dominated the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Gates received a standing ovation for his announcement at the suggestion of U2 frontman Bono.

The move, the first foray into agriculture by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will help boost efforts by the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland to shake off its image as a billionaire's talking shop that does little to solve the problems it discusses.

"If we are serious about ending extreme hunger and poverty around the world, we must be serious about transforming agriculture for small farmers, most of whom are women," Gates said. See Bill Gates talk about spreading the wealth.

"The challenge here is to design a system including profit and recognition to do more for the poor," he said, calling for a new form of "creative capitalism."

[iceberg]

in another thread jt was saying how bad and evil microsoft was. gates is one of the biggest contributers in situations like this. always has been and likely always will be. he's said he'll give his kids enough to be happy but the rest will go into trying to make a positive difference.

damn that evil empire.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by iceberg

in another thread jt was saying how bad and evil microsoft was. gates is one of the biggest contributers in situations like this. always has been and likely always will be. he's said he'll give his kids enough to be happy but the rest will go into trying to make a positive difference.

damn that evil empire.

Gates bad Soros good.