Su Kahumbu: How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time
Su Kahumbu: Come possiamo aiutare i bambini affamati, un messaggio alla volta
TED Fellow Su Kahumbu is working to improve farmer livelihoods and contribute to nutritional security and environmental sustainability. Full bio
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le mie tostissime amiche.
to my badass friends.
bistrattate ultimamente
getting a lot of crap lately
e dei cambiamenti climatici,
and climate change,
their reputation in part
la loro reputazione
incredibly important they are
problemi mondiali:
biggest problems: food security.
della crescita infantile.
in human development.
nello sviluppo umano.
and debilitating cycles of illness,
dolorosi e debilitanti cicli di malattie,
can't endure such rigors.
sopportare tali condizioni.
cognitivi a lungo termine
long-term cognitive problems
con disturbi della crescita,
under the age of five,
they haven't been declining is here,
their genetic potential --
il loro potenziale genetico --
più importanti della nostra dieta,
dietary requirements,
di aminoacidi essenziali,
that lack of essential amino acids,
nelle diete di bambini piccoli
in young children's diets,
nei nostri corpi.
synthesize them in our bodies.
on the African continent is crop-based.
in Africa provengono dal raccolto.
of smallholder farmers rearing animals,
che allevano animali,
is not as easy as we think.
non è facile come pensiamo.
tra paesi ricchi e paesi poveri
rich countries and poor countries
precaria degli animali.
trasmissibili agli umani,
in those poor countries,
di questi paesi poveri,
di agenti patogeni.
found across the world
trovati nel mondo
Infectious Diseases database.
Enhanced Infectious Diseases.
that share hosts.
che condividono gli ospiti.
e quindi malattie,
diseases kill 2.2 million people
di malattie zoonotiche mortali
poor livestock keepers."
di allevatori poveri."
the importance of our smallholder farmers.
dei nostri piccoli allevatori.
quanto sono importanti
how important they are
our cognitive and our physical health.
la nostra salute fisica e cognitiva.
le epidemie zoonotiche.
of zoonotic epidemics.
della nostra esistenza.
di loro non sa niente
delle malattie del bestiame.
prevention and treatment.
are boots on the ground and radio --
tradizionali
e radiodiffusione --
in the face of population growth.
di fronte alla crescita della popolazione.
interessante in Africa.
point in Africa.
using innovative solutions,
usando soluzioni innovative,
an agricultural platform called iCow.
una piattaforma agricola chiamata iCow.
best livestock practices using SMS
tecniche d'allevamento usando gli SMS
sulle migliori tecniche d'allevamento,
on best livestock practices,
go on to see increases in productivity
incrementano la produttività
riguardano la salute degli animali.
of course, are improved animal health.
i messaggi,
manuali d'agricoltura nei campi.
agricultural manuals into the fields.
di una rete globale del cibo:
part of the global food network:
to bring together producers and consumers
produttori e consumatori
la responsabilità
for not only food security,
ma della sicurezza del cibo.
Sahiwal crossed with a Dutch Fleckvieh.
ed un Fleckvieh olandese.
to disease than her Fleckvieh father.
alle malattie rispetto al padre Fleckvieh.
sta usando SMS e genomica all'avanguardia
is using SMS and cutting-edge genomics
tropically adapted dairy breeding centers
d'allevamento caseario
delle prestazioni del settore caseario.
their production data --
i loro dati di produzione --
through algorithms
tramite algoritmi
livestock institutions in the world
d'allevamento del mondo
della produttività
per l'agricoltura in Africa.
in agriculture in Africa.
di iscrizioni via telefonia mobile.
mobile phone subscriptions.
systems are not only healthy,
del bestiame non solo siano salutari,
siano ben informati,
la sicurezza alimentare.
to guarantee food security.
è uno dei migliori modi
is one of the best ways
their full opportunity
la piena opportunità
their full genetic potential.
il proprio potenziale genetico.
of millions of smallholder farmers
di piccoli contadini
come le mie,
all'arresto della crescita in Africa.
a halt to stunting in Africa.
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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