The book’s primary intention is to serve as a roadmap for professionals working in developing countries interested in the Nexus Water–Energy– Food–Ecosystems (WEFE) approach. The book shows a multi-disciplinary approach, showcasing...
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Nourrir 1,5 milliard puis deux milliards d’Africains respectivement en 2030 et en 2050 est un défi que le continent a la...
Despite the fact that Africa is well-positioned to become the world’s breadbasket, many African countries are plagued by food shortages. The final brief in the Imagine Africa series focuses...
Soil health is commonly defined as the ability to generate sufficient crop yields while maintaining the future productive capacity of soils and the ecosystem services soils regulate and deliver...
The 2023 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) analyzes continental and regional trends in African agricultural trade flows and policies, with a special focus on the East African Community...
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Chapter 2 of the book focuses on strengthening Africa’s food systems.
It consists in a couple of essays on:
Food security in Africa: current efforts...
This paper explores how climate change, violent conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis combine to drive rapidly increasing levels of food insecurity.
These drivers...
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The humanitarian situation, especially in the central Sahel, remained dire and was compounded by rising food and energy prices, as well as climate–related disasters, prompted by heavy rainfall...
Developing and promoting neglected and underutilised crops (NUS) is essential to building resilience and strengthening food systems. However, a lack of robust, reliable, and scalable evidence impedes the mainstreaming...
Bringing the Concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture to Life: Insights from CSA Country Profiles across Africa, Asia, and Latin America assesses climate change challenges and solutions in the agricultural...