Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya, an agricultural researcher for the World Bank, has a message for Western technology developers:

“To all those brilliant innovators in Israel, I would say get out there and just… go back to your backpacking days. Get out there and spend some time in the world. If there’s a problem you’re interested in, go see how people in Ethiopia or India or Nepal or wherever you’re interested in — how do they go about living their life — which will give you ideas for how do you have truly transformative technology. Right? Because I don't think we understand this enough. Because most innovation comes from the West. That’s the whole problem.”

Join the second part of the conversation as we dig into geopolitical topics in Tunisia, Ethiopia and Egypt: geography, groundwater recharging, community agricultural practices, government incentives, agricultural extension programs, the role of governments, challenges in the agriculture-water-energy-culture nexus, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, contextually appropriate technological solutions, and how to understand failures.

Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed by Dr. Balasubramanya are expressly her own and do not represent the views of the World Bank.

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