# Bill Gates Smallholderled Agricultural Transformation Summit

> Bill Gates addressed a smallholder-led agricultural transformation summit in Andhra Pradesh, India, praising the state's investments in roads, micro-irrigation, digital soil mapping, a Mega Seed Park and the D-Krishi e-seed app. He framed the shift from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture as central to the state's growth goals.

- Date: 2017-11-16 · published 2017-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5284-bill-gates-smallholderled-agricultural-transformation-summit
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The policy push toward seed quality and farm productivity could raise output over the long term, but it has no near-term effect on feed commodity prices.

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## Sources

- gatesfoundation.org: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/speeches/2017/11/bill-gates-smallholderled-agricultural-transformation-summit

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