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Gates' charity to focus on food security

By Javier Blas in London

Published: October 16 2009 03:00 | Last updated: October 16 2009 03:00

Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder turned philanthropist, has put the focus of his multi-billion-dollar foundation firmly on food security, saying yesterday that making poor farmers more productive will have a "massive impact" on hunger.

The move by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into food security after an emphasis on health issues such as malaria signals how agriculture has become a global preoccupation as the number of chronically hungry people tops 1bn.

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