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New Ventures Podcast

Sanjoy Sanyal is an expert in financing clean technology innovation in Asia and Africa.

29 JAN

# 91 Demystifying agroforestry

What is the problem ? Agricultural practices is depleting the soil fertility and making farming unproductive. What is the solution ? Regenerative farming , integrating trees and livestock in farming operations. Integrating trees is called agro forestry. What is the evidence? Agroforestry has worked in Africa (Niger, Zambia), Asia (China and India), South America (Argentina) and Western nations as well. What is the caveat? There is no one “miracle tree” and “no one miracle practice”. It all depends on the context. Top down approaches don’t help. What should organisations do ? NGOs and agricultural support organisations should help farmers adopt these practices. Sections Section 1: First 14 minutes : Getting to know Patrick and understanding all the terms. Section 2: Next 35 minutes: about the why and the how of agro forestry. Section 3: Last five minutes about what is not broken about the world food system Host: Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest: Patrick Worms, Senior Science Policy Adviser for the World Agroforestry Centre https://www.linkedin.com/in/pworms/ https://www.cifor-icraf.org/

1 hr
18/12/2024

# 90 Reducing the carbon in your tipple.

Diageo is reducing its emissions by innovating in its packaging. It is trying to introduce circular economy in the traditional glass bottles. The company is also trying to use new types of material: aluminum and paper. At the same time, Diageo faces climate risks. Agricultural commodities and water are the inputs to manufacturing your favour beverages. In response, Diageo is supporting regenerative agriculture and water conservation projects. Innovation involves working thoughtfully with partners (start-ups and non-profits). It also involves crucially a high tolerance of failure. Mark Sandys is the Chief Innovation Officer at Diageo, the British multinational alcohol beverage company. Sections Section 1: First 18 minutes : Getting to know Mark and understand Diageo’s approach to innovation. Section 2: Next 31 minutes about Diageo’s innovations in packaging. Section 3: Last six minutes about climate risks and Diageo’s response. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Mark Sandys Chief Innovation Officer, Diageo https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sandys-b629b6b8/ https://www.diageo.com/en

56 min
15/12/2024

# 89 AI is riding on digital innovations

Digital innovation in agriculture is already bringing solutions to farmers that helps them use their mobile phones to obtain a range of useful services. They can get information about product prices and advice on pest control. They can also buy farm inputs as well sell their products. Almost always underbanked, they can also get credit. Is AI adding an extra fizz to these solutions? We discussed with Daniele Tricarico about the GSMA report AI for Africa: Use cases delivering impact. We learnt that AI is adding an extra layer of additional benefits to these existing solutions and also helping develop some new solutions (such as better weather predictions and tracking food security). Both machine learning and generative AI are being used in these applications. Grant capital is available to develop initial pilots. Local talent who knows the agricultural landscape and brainy young people who work on the data and the programming are there as well. Companies are working around the problem of lack of data. Partnerships of start-ups with large IT companies and with mobile networks is critical to deployment of solutions. Sections Section 1: First 5 minutes : introduction Section 2: Next 54 minutes the AI use cases in food and agriculture Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise New Ventures www.regainparadise.org Guest : Daniele Tricarico Senior Director, Central Insights & Monitoring & Evaluation, Mobile for Development https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieletricarico/ https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-for-development/gsma_people/daniele-tricarico/

59 min
08/12/2024

# 88 How to reduce food waste?

Too much food is wasted by consumers. Reducing this wastage is important. It is good for the climate and for one’s own wallet, not to mention the conscience. Everybody agrees that it is important and yet reducing food waste is hard. People waste food not because they don’t care but often they do not know better ways to buy, store, cook and eat. Luckily, there are a whole set of tools from the discipline of psychology to help people become aware and have the right skills and behaviour. Dr. Sophie Attwood behavioural scientist and a thought leader on sustainable food and heath choices. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Cambridge and has worked with the global think tank WRI. In the podcast she also touches upon how companies who are developing solutions for the problem of food waste and selling plant based meats could market their products. Sections Section 1: First 8 minutes : introduction Section 2: Next 34 minutes about food waste: how much, why and how to solve the problem? Section 3 : Last 6 minutes about plant based meats. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Dr. Sophie Attwood Behavioural Science Consultant https://www.behaviorglobal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sophie-attwood/

57 min
01/12/2024

# 87 Building a new economy

The World Fair Trade Organisation certifies small and medium enterprises which practice fair trade principles. Chief among them is that 50% of their profits are contributed towards a cause. The objective of WFTO is to prove that innovation and entrepreneurship is consistent with stakeholder capitalism. Innovation – the process of increasing productivity – is not just restricted to a shareholder capitalist system. WFTO members include food processing enterprises both in the Global North and Global South. Leida Rijnhout, based in the Netherlands, is the Chief Executive of the World Fair Trade Organisation. She has extensive experience in Netherlands and in the world of non-profits before finding her entrepreneurial calling at WFTO. Sections Section 1: First 25 minutes about WFTO certification Section 2: Next 25 minutes about WFTO enterprises in practice Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Leida Rijnhout Chief Executive World Fair Trade Organisation https://wfto.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leida-rijnhout-b5258a5/ info@wfto.com

51 min
18/11/2024

# 86 What is climate consciousness?

Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 was also a leading thinker on education. The central tenets of his thoughts on education were learning among nature, striking a balance of the arts and science in the curriculum and internalising a spirit of internationalism. Tagore was also a practical man and he put his ideas in action by setting up a school for children and an University. His ideas on education are key to creating the consciousness that is needed for to solve the climate crisis and (if we ever get out of this mess) avoid creating a similar crisis again. AI may help in reviving Tagore’s thoughts in the 21st century. Section Section 1: First 20 minutes about Tagore’s thoughts on education. Section 2: Next 20 minutes about how Tagore implemented his ideas on education. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Dr. Tom Kane Programme Director MSc: Business Analytics https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1376839 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kane-4010066/ t.b.kane@stir.ac.uk

42 min
09/11/2024

# 85 PAYG is vital for Kenyan farmers

In Kenya there has been droughts for the last four out of 5 seasons. Most farmers depend only rains and are very vulnerable to changing weather. SunCulture provides irrigation solution to small holder farmers. The challenge is to make the product affordable to farmers. This means right sizing the pumps, working with suppliers to reduce costs and providing financing solutions. It also means using subsidies such as results based financing and carbon credits efficiently. Hack Stiernblad is the Chief Growth Officer of SunCulture responsible for market expansion and raising donor funds. SunCulture provides solar irrigation solutions to farmers in Kenya and is now expanding to Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire. Sections Section 1: First 7 minutes about Hack and SunCulture. Section 2: Next 40 minutes about SunCulture’s product and business. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise New Ventures ⁠www.regainparadise.org⁠ Guest : Hack Stiernblad Chief Growth Officer ⁠hack.stiernblad@sunculture.com⁠ ⁠https://sunculture.io/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hack-stiernblad-8276819a/?originalSubdomain=se⁠

47 min
02/11/2024

# 84 How banks assess climate risks?

Financial institutions have to take into both short term and long term horizons in assessing climate risks. This is not easy for banks in the emerging world. It requires expertise, access to data and new management processes. In this podcast, Rutang and myself explain the types of climate risks and we demystify climate risk scenarios which help financial institutions straddle these time horizons. Then we apply the concepts to banks in four emerging countries. Dr. Rutang Thanawalla is a risk assessment expert for financial institutions with experience across global commercial banks, credit rating agencies and consultancies. He now focuses on climate risks and sustainability finance. Sections Section 1: First 10 minutes introductions and climate risks. Section 2: Next 13 minutes about climate risk scenarios. Section 3: Next 22 minutes about applying the concepts. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Rutang Thanawalla Risk Management: Strategy Adviser on Climate Risk Assessment https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutang/

45 min

Sanjoy Sanyal is an expert in financing clean technology innovation in Asia and Africa.

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