Half of the world's poorest people have something in common: they're small farmers. In this eye-opening talk, social entrepreneur Andrew Youn shows how his group, One Acre Fund, is helping these farmers lift themselves out of poverty by delivering to them life-sustaining farm services that are already in use all over the world. Enter this talk believing we'll never be able to solve hunger and extreme poverty, and leave it with a new understanding of the scale of the world's biggest problems.

Andrew Youn: 3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty

3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty

Executive Director and Cofounder of One Acre Fund

Farming's pivotal role in ending poverty highlighted: Over half the world's poor are farmers, making agricultural productivity key.

Revolutionizing smallholder farming with hybrid seeds, micro-dosed fertilizer, and modern techniques can triple productivity.

One Acre Fund's model of delivering farming inputs, finance, and training is a blueprint for eradicating global poverty in our lifetime.