The foundation’s director of agricultural development cited the importance of the effort because the majority of people who live in extreme poverty depend on agriculture for both food and income.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it is investing $48 million and private corporations are chipping in another $42 million to help small-scale farmers in Africa work themselves out of poverty and hunger by improving the way they grow cocoa and cashews.

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