Su Kahumbu: How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time
수 카훔부(Su Kahumbu): 굶주린 아이들을 위한 문자 한 통
TED Fellow Su Kahumbu is working to improve farmer livelihoods and contribute to nutritional security and environmental sustainability. Full bio
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to my badass friends.
getting a lot of crap lately
and climate change,
their reputation in part
incredibly important they are
하나인 식량안보를 해결하는데
biggest problems: food security.
가능할 듯 합니다.
성장부진을 겪게 됩니다.
in human development.
and debilitating cycles of illness,
고통스럽고 견디기 힘든
can't endure such rigors.
혹독함을 견뎌내지 못하죠.
long-term cognitive problems
under the age of five,
they haven't been declining is here,
their genetic potential --
dietary requirements,
영양소 중 하나입니다.
that lack of essential amino acids,
in young children's diets,
synthesize them in our bodies.
없기 때문입니다.
동물성 식품인데,
on the African continent is crop-based.
거의 식물성입니다.
of smallholder farmers rearing animals,
소규모 축산업자들이 있지만,
is not as easy as we think.
rich countries and poor countries
부유한 나라에 비해 떨어지는 건
in those poor countries,
found across the world
등록되어 있는
Infectious Diseases database.
모든 병원체들을 볼 수 있습니다.
that share hosts.
가축을 매개로
diseases kill 2.2 million people
매년 220만 명이 사망하고
poor livestock keepers."
달려 있습니다."
the importance of our smallholder farmers.
너무 과소평가되고 있습니다.
how important they are
관심을 갖기 시작하고 있어요.
our cognitive and our physical health.
미치는 영향 말이죠.
of zoonotic epidemics.
최전선에 있습니다.
prevention and treatment.
are boots on the ground and radio --
라디오 방송 교육을 병행하지만
in the face of population growth.
교육을 확대하기도 쉽지 않습니다.
point in Africa.
꽤 흥미로운 시기에 있어요.
using innovative solutions,
비용이 많이 들 필요는 없습니다.
an agricultural platform called iCow.
농업용 플랫폼을 개발했어요.
best livestock practices using SMS
문자로 전송해 주는데,
이용이 가능합니다.
on best livestock practices,
성공사례들을 받아보는데
go on to see increases in productivity
of course, are improved animal health.
아무래도 가축들의 건강입니다.
문자 서비스를 이용하게 됐죠.
agricultural manuals into the fields.
조금씩 나눠 주는 것과 같죠.
part of the global food network:
한 부분을 맡고 있습니다.
모든 농부들을 포함해서죠.
to bring together producers and consumers
모으는 것에 주력하고 있는데,
for not only food security,
실천하는 것이 중요합니다.
Sahiwal crossed with a Dutch Fleckvieh.
네덜란드 얼룩소와의 교배종입니다.
to disease than her Fleckvieh father.
is using SMS and cutting-edge genomics
문자전송과 첨단 유전학을 이용하고 있고,
tropically adapted dairy breeding centers
설립하기 시작했습니다.
their production data --
플랫폼에 제공하죠.
through algorithms
livestock institutions in the world
in agriculture in Africa.
아주 흥미로운 시기에 있습니다.
mobile phone subscriptions.
될 것으로 추산되는데
systems are not only healthy,
to guarantee food security.
가장 좋은 방법 중 하나입니다.
is one of the best ways
their full opportunity
성장할 수 있게 하는
their full genetic potential.
of millions of smallholder farmers
그들의 멋진 소들을 잘 활용하면
a halt to stunting in Africa.
막을 수 있습니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Su Kahumbu - Agriculturalist, social entrepreneurTED Fellow Su Kahumbu is working to improve farmer livelihoods and contribute to nutritional security and environmental sustainability.
Why you should listen
Su Kahumbu creates cool mobile phone agriculture solutions for small holder farmers in Africa. Her solutions target improved climate resilient production methods that deliver on sustainable human, animal, crop and ecosystem health.
Kahumbu latest baby is her award winning app, iCow, which is a comprehensive mobile phone based agricultural platform that provides farmers easy access to cutting edge sustainable agricultural knowledge, markets and experts. iCow is designed for low-end feature phones, helping users that aren't connected to the internet access to a database of rich offline content which they receive in SMS, 24/7 in languages of their choice. It comprises comprehensive content on livestock, crops, soils, pollinators, insects and more and is currently used by thousands of small holder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia in five local languages.
Kahumbu is a passionate social entrepreneur with 21 years experience of working with small holder farmers and organic farming systems in Kenya. Her goal is to inspire, enable and support farming communities across Africa by making farming sexy.
Kahumbu is based in Nairobi, Kenya where she heads Green Dreams Tech Ltd as the CEO. She is a TED Global Fellow, an advisory board member for Changing Course in Global Agriculture and the agricultural governor of the Mpesa Foundation Academy.
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