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Bill Gates has always been a figure closely linked to philanthropy, especially since he created his own foundation in 1994, renamed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 1999. Since then, the tycoon has developed numerous initiatives in favor of those most in need, whether in the areas of disease, humanitarian aid, training, security or sustainability.
Gates recently traveled to Rome where the world’s leading agricultural organizations met to discuss the importance of coordination and cooperation in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Hunger (SDG2).
One of these organizations was CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) to continue the solidarity work, in this case focused on food, especially in the fight against hunger and the adaptation of work in the field with sustainable measures.
Now, Bill Gates has shared on his networks this particular gastronomic trip. In the post, the businessman states that the Italian capital is always a destination where you eat very good food, but on this occasion the reason for his trip was to taste some incredible and tasty innovations carried out by CGIAR to help against hunger and malnutrition. As released by the organization in a statement, Gates was optimistic about meeting the challenges of food and climate insecurity, emphasizing the need to focus on crops and the needs of those living in the greatest poverty, “especially where helping farmers is seen as the highest priority to minimize the effects of climate change.”
In the summary of his Italian tour, Gates shows some of the measures carried out by the organization to help farmers adapt their crops and food to climate change. The images show innovations such as heat- and drought-resistant lentils, more resilient and faster-growing tilapia, and potatoes that resist blight. All of this is possible thanks to grants such as those from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would donate $890 million to support CGIAR’s work to accelerate agricultural innovation.