Solving World Hunger through Innovation | Part 2
Solving world hunger—or “food insecurity”—is really hard. The solutions are not particularly sexy, and they require a very long-term outlook. We wanted to learn more about the problem and the innovators who are working to solve it.
In part 1 of this conversation, Brown Advisory's Emily High Daniels sat down with two leaders at opposite ends of the impact spectrum. Barron Segar, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA (the program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize), is driving innovation and progress on a massive global scale. Mira Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Tomato Jos, a for-profit social enterprise whose mission is to make farming profitable and sustainable for smallholder farmers, while moving their communities toward the middle class. Listen to this conversation in Season 2 | Episode 3.
In this episode—part 2—we welcome two more entrepreneurs. Ezinne Uzo-Okuro, CEO of Terraformers, is using her background as a NASA scientist to empower people to grow healthy food and create sustainable livelihoods. Manuela Zierau, Global Lead of H2Grow, works with communities to grow food—and well-being—in impossible places. Private Client CIO Sid Ahl and CrossBoundary’s Kirtika Challa join Emily to discuss investment takeaways.
Guests:
Barron Segar
CEO, World Food Program USA
Manuela Zierau
Venture Project Manager, H2Grow
Ezinne Uzo-Okuro
CEO, Terraformers
Host:
Emily High Daniels
Strategic Advisor, Brown Advisory
Investment Commentary:
Sid Ahl, CFA
CIO for Private Client, Endowments and Foundations, Brown Advisory
Kirtika Challa
Head of Tunisia Advisory, CrossBoundary
Background Reading
- Growth in the Time of COVID: How a Hydroponics Project is Keeping Refugees in Chad Fed During the Pandemic, WFP Innovation Accelerator, December 18, 2020
- A Nigerian Tomato-Farming Business Shows the Human Impact of Private Investment, Invest, USAID, August 21,2020
- Unlocking Innovation to Disrupt Global Hunger, Fast Company, July 29, 2020
- COVID-19 is Exacerbating Food Shortages in Africa, World Economic Forum, April 27, 2020
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- United Nations World Food Programme | Nigeria
- Hunger in America, Feeding America
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