“If we target the psychology, can we help farmers meet their savings goals?”

CEGA affiliate Supreet Kaur discusses a simple, scalable planning intervention that helps farmers save + invest more, smooth their consumption, and enter the hungry season with more food.
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CEGA affiliated professor Tamma Carleton introduces MOSAIKS, a powerful and accessible satellite imagery-based tool that can be used to predict diverse outcomes like forest cover, household income, population density, and even unregulated mining activity. #E2A2025

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Ananth Balashankar of Google Deepmind discusses leveraging AI tools for better forecasts of climate shocks, and using those forecasts to craft more effective policies to curb hunger. #E2A2025

Nobuo Yoshida of the World Bank kicks off an #E2A2025 measurement session, discussing SWIFT, a rapid poverty monitoring tool that estimates household expenditures using just 10-15 questions.

CEGA Faculty Co-Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social shares results from mental health trainings and cash transfers to refugees in Kenya, finding 3-day mental health trainings are cost-effective and impactful even seven months later and cash transfers boost food security and better healthcare. #E2A2025

During his keynote address at #E2A2025, Rikin Gandhi introduces Digital Green and asks,

"Is there a role for digital technology in small scale farming systems? There's great value in creating a differentiated GenAI solution that's tailored to agriculture & the Global South."

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