Bill & Melina Gates Foundation is focusing on bringing together various partnerships in its efforts to empower the poorest people in the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, said Mark Suzman, director of policy, advocacy and special initiatives for the Global Development Program of the foundation. (..) By creating models like this, the foundation is also working with the World Food Program (WFP) in the Purchase for Progress initiative, where WFP can purchase food directly from smallholder farmers in Africa, thus improving farmers' income, the director added.