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Did the Gates Foundation’s program to feed Africa fail?

Did the Gates Foundation’s program to feed Africa fail?

FromThe Take


Did the Gates Foundation’s program to feed Africa fail?

FromThe Take

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With the recent announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce, many people are asking questions about the Foundation's future. But this is not the first time questions about the foundation have been asked. One development expert we spoke with claims AGRA, Bill Gates’ two decade old program to feed Africa through agriculture, failed in its goals. On this episode of The Take we look at the Gates Foundation, and at AGRA and what went wrong.In this episode: Timothy Schwab (@TimothyWSchwab), investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book, The Good Billionaire on Bill Gates and The Gates FoundationTimothy Wise (@TimothyAWise), researcher and international development expert, also author of “Eating Tomorrow”David Otieno Ciddi, small scale farmer, leader of Kenya’s peasants’ league and member of Via CampesinaConnect with The Take: Twitter (@AJTheTake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Jul 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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