How can we scale agtech innovations to make food systems more efficient and accessible?

In this episode, we sit down with Claire Pribula, Managing Director of The Yield Lab Asia-Pacific, to explore the role of venture capital in driving sustainable agriculture. Claire shares insights on investing in early-stage startups, tackling food insecurity with technology, and ensuring smallholder farmers aren’t left behind. From AI-powered precision farming to sustainable supply chains, we uncover how innovation is reshaping the future of food.

In this episode of The Social AgTech Podcast, we are joined by Luundo, the founder of Vijana Twaweza Club, a groundbreaking refugee-led farming initiative based in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Luundo shares his journey from fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo to leading a project that is transforming food security for Kakuma's residents. Learn how Vijana Twaweza Club uses innovative solutions like fish farming to combat hunger, create employment for youth, and foster community-driven change in one of the world's largest refugee camps. A truly inspiring conversation about resilience, ingenuity, and hope.

In this episode hosts Dion and Arian explore innovations transforming global food systems to ensure no one goes hungry. In this episode, they recap insights from the UN Sustainable Development Goals and highlight local innovations tackling food security and climate challenges. They discuss groundbreaking programs like the WFP Innovation Accelerator, Hult Prize, and FoodShot Global Challenge, featuring breakthroughs such ListenField, which is advancing digital farming in Thailand, and AkoFresh and Koolboks, which are using solar-powered refrigeration in Ghana and Nigeria. Emphasizing inclusive investment and community engagement, the hosts explore how technology can merge with traditional farming to create sustainable food systems. Discover how these innovations are paving the way for a food-secure future for everyone.

Join us in our third episode as we explore what the United Nations Sustinable Development Goals (SDGs) are, what they say about addressing hunger and we set the scene for tackling hunger around the world as we review recent UN SGD Summit and COP 28 events.

In this second episode of our two part introduction to The Social AgTech Podcast, Arian and Dion look at how their very different journeys brought them here, from quantum physics to humanitarian projects. They discuss their differing routes, how to start getting involved and how much of what they have learnt along the way has highlighted the need to talk more about the ways in which hunger and malnutrition are being and should be tackled.

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