Mr Gates said more needs to be done to support poor farmers in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. He said there was a lack of coordination協調 between governments, aid donors and the UN's agencies機構, like the World Food Programme. Mr Gates called for the setting up設立 of what he called a "public score card" system.
This would make it easier to tell how well, or how badly, different countries and agencies were performing in the fight to reduce poverty.
He said the effort to help small farmers also needs to harness利用 the power of advances made in digital technology. In an age when satellites can tell instantly立即 exactly how much wheat小麥 is in a field, he said, it was a shame恥辱 that people were still being sent out with pen, and paper and tape measures to try to do the same job.
Mr Gates said that the stakes賭注 couldn't be higher for the families of poor farmers. If they don't benefit受益 from the fruits成果 of the digital revolution they will fall far behind. But Mr Gates believes that if they can be connected to some of the latest breakthroughs in science they will have a chance to leapfrog跳過 forward.
This would make it easier to tell how well, or how badly, different countries and agencies were performing in the fight to reduce poverty.
He said the effort to help small farmers also needs to harness利用 the power of advances made in digital technology. In an age when satellites can tell instantly立即 exactly how much wheat小麥 is in a field, he said, it was a shame恥辱 that people were still being sent out with pen, and paper and tape measures to try to do the same job.
Mr Gates said that the stakes賭注 couldn't be higher for the families of poor farmers. If they don't benefit受益 from the fruits成果 of the digital revolution they will fall far behind. But Mr Gates believes that if they can be connected to some of the latest breakthroughs in science they will have a chance to leapfrog跳過 forward.
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