Andrew Youn
Founder, One Acre Fund | Alleviating Global Poverty
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Andrew Youn is the founder of One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that provides smallholder farmers in Africa with financing, training, and market access to improve their incomes and food security. Under Youn's leadership, One Acre Fund has grown to serve over 1 million farm families across 6 countries.
His TED talk 'A simple way to break the cycle of poverty' has been viewed over 2 million times, showcasing how his organization's holistic approach is transforming rural economies. Youn's keynotes offer practical, scalable solutions for lifting communities out of the cycle of poverty.
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The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty
Farmers stand at the center of the world, says Andrew Youn, cofounder of One Acre Fund, an agricultural organization that's empowering sub-Saharan farm families with the loans, seeds, fertilizer and training needed to increase crop yields and end hunger. Meet Therese Niyonsaba, a Rwandan farmer who shares how the program helped her family prosper, and learn more about One Acre Fund's goal to lead a farmer-focused green revolution and reach 6.8 million families by 2026. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
What if we supported millions of African farmers in growing more food?
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED×3 | 2020, 2018, 2016 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada |
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