Table for 10 Billion

Unpacking AgriConnect: how do we reach 300 million farmers?

Agriculture's next leap: Artificial Intelligence

The episode explores how AI is beginning to reshape the agriculture and food sector – from diagnosing crop diseases with a smartphone photo to powering localized weather forecasts and enabling more…

Can bugs help end hunger?

In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of insect farming—boosting children’s protein intake, turning waste into fertilizer, feeding livestock and new sources of revenue in the developing…

The Future of Rice: Viet Nam’s Million-Hectare Transformation

Viet Nam is growing rice better, and plans to expand it to one million hectares.

What kind of financing does agriculture need to create jobs and prevent climate change?

This episode discuses how better financing for farmers can help create better jobs along the food system's value chain, while at the same time reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Recipe for a Livable Planet

Climate change is threatening the world’s efforts to feed a growing population. But our food system is also part of the problem, contributing almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The global potential of seaweed market

With its ability to sink carbon, sustain marine biodiversity, employ women, and unlock value chains, seaweed farming demonstrates how development, climate, and nature work together to generate value…

Countries prepare plans to mitigate food crises

Episode 9 • August 21, 2023 • Table for 10 Billion • World Bank Group - Agriculture and Food Global Practic

Food systems transformation

As the world continues to grapple with the food crisis, we need to remember that this problem didn’t emerge overnight. Resolving the situation we face today requires a sharper focus than ever on…

One Health Approach Can Prevent the Next Pandemic

The number of emerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks has grown to several hundred per year since 2000. What will it take for world leaders, countries, organizations, and communities to…

Fertilizer volatility and the food crisis

Fertilizers provide crops with the nutrients to grow better,making them essential to the world’s food supply. As such, when shocks occur,such as when fertilizer prices increase or when supply is…

S1E5 How Can Agriculture Help People in Fragile and Conflict Situations?

Food is often scarce in countries afflicted by fragility, conflict and violence. But solutions require more than feeding people for today. To truly help those caught in these often terrifying…

S1E4 Farming the Future: Insects

When you think of the world's immense biodiversity, it's surprising people eat such a small variety of foods – a few grains, a few animal species. One of the main sources of protein in the animal…

S1E3 How can the world feed itself as the planet heats up?

Global warming is forcing agriculture to change. Farmers are planting different crops, planting at night, and harvesting shade during the day. The World Bank's Erick Fernandes joins host Jason Fields…

Is Digital Agriculture Key to Food Security?

Where will digital agriculture lead? And why is it so important in the effort to reach zero hunger by 2030, as set out in UN Sustainable Development Goal 2? In this episode of Table for 10 Billion we…

S1E1 Why Is Hunger Growing?

In the first episode of Table for 10 Billion host Jason Fields is joined by Hanane Ahmed, Senior Agriculture Economist, and Christopher Ian Brett, Lead Agribusiness Specialist, to discuss the issue…