Spowdi launches Connect for Impact campaign, invites ‘Impact Enablers’ at Climate Week NYC
Green-tech company Spowdi joins the official delegation to Climate Week NYC with a mission to invite partners to create a climate resilient food production system.
On a mission to create a climate resilient food production eco-system, green-tech company Spowdi has launched a global ‘Connect for Impact’ campaign.
Spowdi’s ‘Connect for Impact’ campaign invites implementing organisations, NGOs, Farmer Collectives, corporates, financing & multilateral institutions to join the Smart Farming eco-system and future proof food production as ‘Impact Enablers’. Together this eco-system can enable 200 million small-hold farmer families globally.
“Small-hold farmers produce one-third of our global food. But what happens if they stop doing so? If we are to create a resilient food production system, then together we must enable small-hold farmers to become Impact Generators. Time is running out and the cost of acting too slow is immense for all of us. If these farmers do not see a future in farming, we are hurtling towards perhaps what will be the biggest crisis for humankind,” says Henrik Johansson, CEO of Spowdi from the Climate Week NYC.
Data suggests that by 2050, as the population touches an estimated 10 billion, world food production will have to grow at least 50 percent to meet rising demands, requiring 30 percent more water than today. However, given the existing water stress, food production mechanisms need to change today to meet the 50% increase in future demand.
“It’s not too late to fix this, if we can reduce water consumption while increasing the food produce, enable small-hold farmers to access innovative technologies to increase productivity, build capacity and unlock their profitability,” says Henrik Johansson.
'Connect for Impact' – A global campaign
The ‘Connect for Impact’ campaign kickstarted at the World Water Week in Stockholm in late August, before being showcased at the Samunnati FPO Conclave in Hyderabad (India), IFC Agribusiness Conference in Dublin, and now at Climate Week NYC. In November team Spowdi takes the campaign to COP29 in Baku, holding a roundtable of food, agri & climate stakeholders with a call to action on creating a climate-resilient food production ecosystem.
Inviting 'Impact Enablers' to catalyse & scale a resilient food production system
‘Impact Enablers’ can catalyse the transformation of small-hold farmers into ‘Impact Generators’. The impact generated by small-hold farmers includes increase in crop production, reduced water use in agriculture, CO2 emission reduction,better livelihoods and women empowerment, is measured and collated into Impact Reports.
As a technology provider, Spowdi works with financial och governance institutions to provide the farmers with the financial kick-start needed to make the initial investment. Spowdi also partners with implementing organisations with last-mile presence and knowldege to support the small-hold farmers in their transition.
Spowdi has partnered with SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Organsation), Hand-in-Hand, ChildFund, Jaljeevika and is in talks with several other multi-lateral, banking and financial institutions to scale the initiative.
Contact us at partnerships@spowdi.com to know more about being a part of future proofing global food production as an ‘Impact Enabler’.
You can read more about the 'Connect for Impact' campaign here.
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