With the recent changes to the Gates Foundation’s board in the wake of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce, many people are asking questions about the its future. But this is not the first time questions about the foundation have been raised. One development expert we spoke with claims AGRA, Bill Gates’ 20-year-old program to feed Africa through agriculture, failed in its goals. On this episode of The Take we look at the Gates Foundation, and at AGRA and what went wrong.

In this episode: 
Timothy Schwab (@TimothyWSchwab), investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book, The Good Billionaire on Bill Gates and The Gates Foundation
Timothy Wise (@TimothyAWise), researcher and international development expert, also author of “Eating Tomorrow”
David Otieno Ciddi, small scale farmer, leader of Kenya’s peasants’ league and member of Via Campesina

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With the recent changes to the Gates Foundation&rsquo;s board in the wake of Bill and Melinda Gates&rsquo; divorce, many people are asking questions about the its future. But this is not the first time questions about the foundation have been raised. One development expert we spoke with claims AGRA, Bill Gates&rsquo; 20-year-old program to feed Africa through agriculture, failed in its goals. On this episode of The Take we look at the Gates Foundation, and at AGRA and what went wrong.
In this episode:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Timothy Schwab (<a href="https://twitter.com/TimothyWSchwab?s=20">@TimothyWSchwab</a>), investigative journalist and author of the upcoming book, The Good Billionaire on Bill Gates and The Gates Foundation</li>
<li>Timothy Wise (<a href="https://twitter.com/TimothyAWise?s=20">@TimothyAWise</a>), researcher and international development expert, also author of &ldquo;Eating Tomorrow&rdquo;</li>
<li>David Otieno Ciddi, small scale farmer, leader of Kenya&rsquo;s peasants&rsquo; league and member of Via Campesina</li>
</ul>
Connect with The Take:&nbsp;
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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