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2007-06-18 | permalink
Kofi Annan to chair hunger-fighting group
FORMER United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan has accepted a leadership role in a major initiative to boost crop production in hunger-plagued Africa. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa announced yesterday that he would chair the board of the organisation, which was established last year with a $150m grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations. [...] It would not try to change people’s eating habits, nor would it ”at this stage” focus on genetically modified foods.
- Business Day, South Africa: Kofi Annan to chair hunger-fighting group
- Reuters, South Africa: Annan to head Gates group to boost Africa food
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa appoints Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, chair of the board
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2007-06-18 | permalink
Kofi Annan to chair hunger-fighting group
FORMER United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan has accepted a leadership role in a major initiative to boost crop production in hunger-plagued Africa. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa announced yesterday that he would chair the board of the organisation, which was established last year with a $150m grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations. [...] It would not try to change people’s eating habits, nor would it ”at this stage” focus on genetically modified foods.
- Business Day, South Africa: Kofi Annan to chair hunger-fighting group
- Reuters, South Africa: Annan to head Gates group to boost Africa food
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa appoints Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, chair of the board
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