This quick TED talk entry is courtesy of TED.com. Across sub-Saharan Africa, small farmers are the bedrock of national and regional economies–unless the weather proves unpredictable and their crops fail. The solution is insurance, at a vast, continental scale, and at a very low, affordable cost. Rose Goslinga and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture pioneered an unconventional way to give farmers whose crops fail early a second chance at a growing season.