Presentation at Monash University's Global Hunger Hack: https://www.monash.edu/science/about/events/global-hunger-hack

1. Solving global hunger and food insecurity
#GlobalHungerHack
Michelle Kovacevic
@kovamic
Michelle.Kovacevic@ypard.net

2. Global developments 1960-2010
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Courtesy of Peter Holmgren/CIFOR

3. Why is hunger and food
insecurity still a thing?

4. Food insecurity Hunger
Hendriks 2015

6. We have until 2030 to fix it...

8. Proctor and Lucchesi 2010
The number of young people is rising…

9. Source: ILO: Trends Econometric Models, April 2013
But so is youth unemployment

10. What’s the average age of a farmer?

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12. Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (AASTI), 2014, Guinea
Average age of research staff

13. Banks et al (2012), Uganda
Farming not an attractive option for youth

14. World Bank (2014)
And if you’re under 30, chances are that
you don’t own land

19. We need…
 Maize storage facilities
owned by farmers
 Better policy lobbying and
advocacy to help farmers
access markets
 Motivation for farmers to
improve soil management
(e.g. use less fertiliser)
 Access to quality seeds
 Ways to manage low rainfall

20. “We have a lot of challenges within the
agriculture sector and I don’t think you
can really address only one. Rather
what I think we need is a holistic
approach.”

21. Young agripreneurs program
• For projects related to the agricultural supply chain
• US$5,000 in seed funding
• 12 months mentoring
• Travel and accommodation in South Africa for Third Global
Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3)
• Apply at www.blog.gfar.net by 15 March
Photo courtesy of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

23. How can technology and
innovation help feed the
world?
• Consider the political, social, environmental and
economic implications of your solution
• Dig deep rather than wide
• Avoid concentration of power – replicate rather
than scale

24. Thank you!
@kovamic
Michelle.Kovacevic@ypard.net
www.ypard.net