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Members of two local cassava associations gather in Malawi as a part of the Rockefeller Foundation's AGRA program, a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AGRA aims to sustainably increase the productivity and profitability of small-scale farmers in Africa. The Rockefeller Foundation is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

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For the richest American family of their era, the goal was fittingly ambitious: "To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world."

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100 years on, Rockefeller Foundation still promotes &apos;the well-being of mankind&apos;

The Rockefeller Foundation, chartered in 1913, took philanthropy in new directions with its global outlook and diligent, scientific approach that became a model for the field.

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