World Food Program | In Her Hands: Technologies for Women-Led Climate Resilience

A sponsored session from World Food Program at The New York Times Climate Forward event. Globally, women are critical to the climate resilience of their communities. Women make up nearly half of all smallholder farmers worldwide and produce up to 70 percent of all food in Africa. Climate impacts — like natural disasters, droughts, floods and extreme heat — can devastate local food supply chains, leading to malnourishment, hunger and loss of livelihoods and income. Faced with increasingly hostile climate challenges, women are utilizing tools and technologies that promote sustainable agriculture and food security. What can the climate solutions ecosystem do to build both climate and women’s resilience simultaneously, from early-warning weather tracking systems to drones to leveraging mobile phones to give farmers critical climate and agricultural updates? What can the private sector do to help close the gap between on-the-ground needs of women farmers and global climate goals? OPENING REMARKS Joy Robins Global Chief Advertising Officer at The New York Times MODERATOR Andrew Zimmern Chef and U.N. World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador FIRESIDE CHAT Cindy McCain Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme James Manyika Senior Vice President of Research, Technology and Society at Google PANELISTS Rania Dagash-Kamara Assistant Executive Director of Partnerships and Innovation at the U.N. World Food Programme Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink Director of A.I. and Sustainability at Google.org Martien van Nieuwkoop Director of Agricultural Development at the Gates Foundation