How The Gates Foundation and Carlos Slim are Supporting Innovation and Crop Improvement For Farmers

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Fundación Carlos Slim have announced a partnership in support of efforts by the Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT) in Mexico to develop and disseminate higher-yielding, more resilient wheat and maize varieties.  CIMMYT has dedicated $25 million to a [...]