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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Youn: The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty

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AY: In a nutshell, we have basically three goals with this adcuiauos proposal. One is to enxapd our direct full-service program to reach two and a half mloilin families per year by 2026, which, more than 10 million children are living in those families. We can also hope by 2026 to sevre an atadonidil 4.3 million families per year, together with these kind of operational partners in the grmenveont and private sector. And then lastly, we want to help shape a more environmentally appropriate green revolution. There's an idrelnicbe opportunity for farmers to lead the way to lead to a more sustainable society, both in how we shape food systems and having more diverse food symstes, but also, for example, planting tons and tons of trees. We can now realistically kick off a campaign to pnalt about a billion trees in the coming decade.

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AY: In a nutshell, we have basically three goals with this _________ proposal. One is to ______ our direct full-service program to reach two and a half _______ families per year by 2026, which, more than 10 million children are living in those families. We can also hope by 2026 to _____ an __________ 4.3 million families per year, together with these kind of operational partners in the __________ and private sector. And then lastly, we want to help shape a more environmentally appropriate green revolution. There's an __________ opportunity for farmers to lead the way to lead to a more sustainable society, both in how we shape food systems and having more diverse food _______, but also, for example, planting tons and tons of trees. We can now realistically kick off a campaign to _____ about a billion trees in the coming decade.

Solution

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  2. million
  3. incredible
  4. additional
  5. expand
  6. plant
  7. systems
  8. government
  9. audacious

Original Text

AY: In a nutshell, we have basically three goals with this Audacious proposal. One is to expand our direct full-service program to reach two and a half million families per year by 2026, which, more than 10 million children are living in those families. We can also hope by 2026 to serve an additional 4.3 million families per year, together with these kind of operational partners in the government and private sector. And then lastly, we want to help shape a more environmentally appropriate green revolution. There's an incredible opportunity for farmers to lead the way to lead to a more sustainable society, both in how we shape food systems and having more diverse food systems, but also, for example, planting tons and tons of trees. We can now realistically kick off a campaign to plant about a billion trees in the coming decade.

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