east africa and the horn of africa was experience famine and drought and the un said about 27 million people in kenya and somalia were facing hunger due to not having enough rain because this relies heavily on rain fed agriculture, so the real time effect of people going hungry because of famine and drought. hungry because of famine and drou~ht. ., .,, drought. and then the end of last earthe drought. and then the end of last year the reverse drought. and then the end of last year the reverse was drought. and then the end of last year the reverse was happening l drought. and then the end of last| year the reverse was happening as drought. and then the end of last - year the reverse was happening as we saw a year the reverse was happening as we saw a lot year the reverse was happening as we saw a lot of year the reverse was happening as we saw a lot of rainfall through the el nino phenomenon and we saw people losing nino phenomenon and we saw people losing their nino pheno
big. [ cheers and applause ] 80% of the poor in africa are rural farmers. 96% of them are doing rain-fed agriculture. they re all competing with each other; they re all making very low margins, making enough to survive, but not enough to get out of poverty. so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high value crops throughout the year so you can make a lot of money. it s all very well to have a whole lot of small innovations, but unless we can scale it up to where we are talking about millions of farmers, we re not going to solve their biggest challenge. this is precisely where the kind of finance that citi® is giving us, is enabling us to scale up on a much more rapid pace.
come together to imagine, to build, to disrupt and even to create, city has been there to help make that dream a real reality. yes. now for the seventh consecutive year, the world s leading global bank citi is pioneering global citizen to help end extreme poverty. through innovative initiatives with companies like kickstart international. take a look at how kickstart and citi have been empowering rural farmers throughout sub-saharan africa. 96% of these rural farmers are doing rain-fed agriculture. all competing with each other, making very low margins, making enough to survive, but not enough to get out of poverty. so kickstart designed low-cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high-value crops throughout theyer to make a lot of money. it s all very well to have a
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news, including firefighters facing new challenges as they battle wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres in the west. think about that, a million acres already burned. 80% of the poor in africa are rural farmers. 96% of them are doing rain-fed agriculture. they re all competing with each other; they re all making very low margins, making enough to survive, but not enough to get out of poverty. so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps