The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Dr Nikki Walters analysing glasshouse crop trials

    December update: Small but Mighty

    1 December 2024

    It’s a thrilling prospect – the chance to find and put into practical agricultural use the microbes that could prove a small miracle for millions of farmers across Africa. Currently, high yields of staple crops like maize and sorghum depend… Keep Reading

  • Maize cobs on plant

    Major grant for Legume Technology to boost African agriculture

    9 August 2024

    Providing sub-Saharan smallholders with a cost-effective alternative to expensive artificial nitrogen fertiliser has come a step closer for British agri-biotech company Legume Technology, following the award of a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign,… Keep Reading