Announcement // RAAPID: Closing Critical Information Gaps for Global Food Security & Market Stability

18 Mar 2026
Auditorium
Main Stage

Following the announcement of the RAAPID (Rapid Agricultural Assessments for Policy Impact and Decision-making) initiative at the 56th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, this session convenes senior agri-food leaders from public and private sectors to examine how satellite data with AI-enabled analytics can help address urgent food system disruptions. First developed within NASA Harvest and now incubated under the Rockefeller Foundation’s Catalytic Capital (RFCC), and co-founded with Microsoft AI for Good Lab, Google.org, and Planet, RAAPID delivers rapid, decision-ready agricultural intelligence to support policy, humanitarian, and market stability.

Host
Inbal Becker-Reshef
Inbal Becker-Reshef, Founder and Co-Director, NASA HARVEST & Managing Director - MICROSOFT AI FOR GOOD LAB
Speakers
Seth Meyer
Seth Meyer, Former USDA Chief Economist & Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) - UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Andrew Zolli
Andrew Zolli, Chief Impact Officer - PLANET
Roy Steiner
Roy Steiner, SVP, Food - THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Joseph Hassine
Joseph Hassine, Senior Program Manager, AI for Social Good - GOOGLE.ORG