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The Gateses and Howard Buffett Pledge $75-Million for Food Program
By Ian Wilhelm
The Bill & Melinda Gates and the Howard G. Buffett Foundations last week pledged a total of $75-million to help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and other impoverished areas sell their surplus crops to support anti-hunger efforts.
The program, called Purchase for Progress, is designed to improve the World Food Programme's ability...