The challenge? Enable 500 million smallholder farmers to play a vital role in feeding 25 percent more people and do it with radically less environmental damage. Is sustainable intensification a viable approach? How can human-centered design enable the adoption of forward thinking innovations? Can global players like Walmart and World Wildlife Fund engage with smallholder farmers to help ensure sufficient, sustainable food production while increasing farmer prosperity? We’ll explore promising developments and tough obstacles with leaders on the front line.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
13:15 - 14:30, Friday, April 17, 2015 BSTLocation:
SBS, Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre
Speakers
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SpeakerFounder and CEO, Root CapitalWilly Foote is founder and CEO of Root Capital, a nonprofit that offers farmers around the world a path to prosperity by investing in the agricultural businesses that serve as engines of impact in their communities. Since its founding in 1999, Root Capital has provided more than $2 billion in loans to…
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SpeakerChief Sustainability Officer, President, Walmart Foundation, McKinsey and CompanyKathleen McLaughlin leads McKinsey’s Social Innovation Practice, which works with clients to develop breakthrough solutions to social challenges. She is also a member of the Retail and Organization Practice leadership teams. She works across the private, public, and non-profit sectors globally, helping…
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SpeakerSenior Vice President, Markets; Executive Director, Markets Institute, World Wildlife Fund USJason Clay, SVP, Markets, WWF-US is a thought leader on global issues and trends affecting food and soft commodities. He ran a family farm, worked in the USDA, taught at Harvard and Yale, and spent 15 years working with indigenous people. In 1988, he began to help 200 companies buy ingredients…
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ModeratorDirector, Stanford UniversityDebra is focused on achieving a more just and sustainable economic system through collaborative action, human centered design and transformational systems change. She serves on the Boards of the Skoll Foundation, B Lab, IDEO.org, Imperative 21 and the global advisory boards of the African…
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SpeakerCEO, AlightJocelyn Wyatt is the CEO of Alight, where she leads more than 3,500 team members globally. Her vast experience in strategic development on a global scale is intrinsically human-centered. Alight works in more than 20 countries, co-creating dignified spaces and human-worthy services for and…