LONDON: Majority of the $3 billion spent by the world's leading philanthropic organization - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on finding solutions around improved agricultural yield to benefit the world's poorest and hungry people, has been spent in the US, Britain and other rich developed nations.
Grain, a research group based in Barcelona said on Tuesday that over 80% of the grants were given to organizations in the US and Europe, and only 10% to groups in Africa.
"By far the main recipient country is the US, followed by the UK, Germany and the Netherlands," it says in a report published on Tuesday.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/80-of-grants-for-finding-solutions-to-improve-agricultural-yield-spent-in-US-UK-Europe/articleshow/45035680.cms
Grain, a research group based in Barcelona said on Tuesday that over 80% of the grants were given to organizations in the US and Europe, and only 10% to groups in Africa.
"By far the main recipient country is the US, followed by the UK, Germany and the Netherlands," it says in a report published on Tuesday.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/80-of-grants-for-finding-solutions-to-improve-agricultural-yield-spent-in-US-UK-Europe/articleshow/45035680.cms
