
Charting Asia’s agri-food transformation
The networks of activities, organizations and infrastructure that bring food from the fields to our tables provide much more than nutrition, these food systems also secure the livelihoods...
At the World Economic Forum, Tania is the Head of Sustainable Growth and People Agenda which includes a portfolio of initiatives and communities on food, water, clean air and nature, advancing sustainable transitions to healthy, resilient systems through finance, technology, and inclusion. With over 20 years’ experience across Asia, Africa, and the Americas, she has managed global initiatives in food security, sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, and integrated value chains. In her role she is driving strategy of flagship initiatives including the First Movers Coalition for Food to generate $15-20 billion of green procurement through aggregated market demand signals and farmer economics, the $15 million Aquapeneurs initiative in partnership with HCL to mobilize pipelines of innovators problem-solving for water stewardship globally, and the Food Innovation Hubs global initiative harnessing the power of fit for purpose technology in 7 country and regional innovation hub marketplaces, among others.
The networks of activities, organizations and infrastructure that bring food from the fields to our tables provide much more than nutrition, these food systems also secure the livelihoods...
Despite freshwater's critical role in the global economy, 80% of the world's untreated wastewater is released into rivers, lakes, and oceans. This results in approximately 485,000 prematu...
Nine out of ten grains of rice are grown in Asia. In the global trade of rice, almost one in every three grains will be exported from either Thailand or Viet Nam. Thailand alone produces ...
全球水危机不断升级,使水循环失去平衡,对经济、社会和地球产生巨大影响。我们可以通过越来越频繁和破坏性的干旱和洪水看到这一点,这正是水文循环不稳定的局部表现。
La agricultura se enfrenta a un reto generacional: aproximadamente el 95% de todo el suministro de alimentos depende de suelos sanos, y sin embargo casi un tercio de la tierra agrícola mu...
全球粮食系统正处于关键节点,既加剧了气候变化,又深受气候影响的危害。农业是主要推动因素之一,造成了全球37%的温室气体排放,并消耗了全球70%的水资源。
農業は世代を超えた課題に直面しています。食料供給の約95%が土壌の健全性に依存しているにもかかわらず、世界の農地の約3分の1は劣化しているのです。より多くの土地を農地にしようという圧力が強まる中、農業と自然を調和させ、農業を二酸化炭素除去の自然な手段として活用することが不可欠です。この調和の中心となるのが土壌の健全性とそれぞれに合わせた調整です。土壌の健康状態を改善するこ...
El sistema alimentario mundial se encuentra en una coyuntura crítica, contribuyendo al cambio climático y al mismo tiempo sufriendo sus efectos. La agricultura, uno de los principales mot...
La crisis global del agua está escalando y alterando el ciclo hídrico, con enormes consecuencias para las economías, las sociedades y el planeta. Esto se refleja en sequías e inundaciones...
Agriculture faces a generational challenge: Roughly 95% of all food supply relies on healthy soils, yet nearly a third of global agricultural land is degraded. As the pressure to harvest ...
The global water crisis is escalating and knocking the water cycle off kilter, with huge implications for economies, societies and the planet. We can see this through increasingly frequen...
The global food system is at a critical juncture, contributing to and suffering from the impacts of climate change. A key driver, agriculture is responsible for 37% of global greenhouse g...
A diferencia de otros sectores modernizados, la industria alimentaria necesita un aumento de la innovación. Si bien existen algunos avances revolucionarios, como la agricultura de precisi...
Unlike other modernized sectors, the food industry needs a surge of innovation. While few groundbreaking advancements exist, such as artificial intelligence (AI) based precision agricultu...
El agua segura y limpia es esencial para la vida en la Tierra, las sociedades productivas y las economías resilientes. La contaminación del agua amenaza lagos, ríos y océanos, así como nu...