# What if the best fertilizer was an algorithm?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@IBM
- Speaker: Laxmi Parida
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/laxmi_parida_what_if_the_best_fertilizer_was_an_algorithm)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Beset by plunging biodiversity, pathogens and skyrocketing populations, our global food supply is at risk — but solutions that rely on chemicals and GMOs come with their own problems. Laxmi Parida proposes an organic solution instead: math.

## Lectures

1. [What if the best fertilizer was an algorithm?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/laxmi_parida_what_if_the_best_fertilizer_was_an_algorithm/54b2cddaad93), 11 min (TED's player)