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Exhibit 639

Bill & Melinda Gates, Rockefeller Foundations Form Alliance to Help Spur "Green Revolution" in Africa

Exhibit 639 · Foundation press release

Bill & Melinda Gates, Rockefeller Foundations Form Alliance to Help Spur "Green Revolution" in Africa

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s first investment of $150 million ($100 million from the Gates Foundation and $50 million from the Rockefeller Foundation) will support the Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS).

Announces the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. PASS budget: $43 million breeding, $20 million training, $24 million seed delivery, $37 million agro-dealers, $26 million management and evaluation.

Source
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation
Date
September 2006
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Paragraph beginning "The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s first investment"
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Document
https://gatesfoundation.org/media-center/press-releases/2006/09/foundations-form-alliance-to-help-spur-green-revolution-in-africa
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2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-5.15
Primary record The Gates and Rockefeller foundations announced AGRA in September 2006 with a first investment of $150 million, $100 million of it from Gates, for the Program for Africa's Seed Systems. A July 2020 Tufts University working paper, not peer reviewed and supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, reported maize yields up 29 percent over 12 years, staple crop yields up 18 percent and undernourishment up 30 percent in AGRA's 13 countries.