3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty | Andrew Youn | TED Talk

In the TED Talk “3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty,” social entrepreneur Andrew Youn explains how sustainability and other strategies can be used to help lift small farmers out of poverty. Reflecting on his work with the One Acre Fund, Youn discusses the devasting poverty he witnessed while staying on a family farm in East Africa. He also explains that the world’s poorest people are actually small farmers. From there, Youn describes three effective actions that can be taken to lift them out of poverty by delivering life-sustaining agriculture services that are already in use all over the world. He also talks about how people from different technical specialties can participate in this fight, to help expand your knowledge and cultural competence in the workplace and beyond.