From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production

Boosting food production in Africa requires investments in vocational training, agricultural research, digitization, mechanization, sustainable land use and small-scale irrigation. Access to capital and markets must be improved, political stability ensured, farmers' associations supported and development assistance expanded.

This book identifies ways in which Africa can realize its potential to secure a supply of food for affordable and healthy diets through the sustainable use of its own resources. The focus is on investment, cooperation, and policy action. The agenda proposed here is intended to be a long-term one, but one that should be initiated in the short term with concrete actions.

Autorentext

Heike Baumüller is a project coordinator and senior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.
Assefa Admassie is a professor at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and a senior fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.
Sheryl Hendriks is a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and member of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel.
Getaw Tadesse is the director of Bilateral Programs at AKADEMIYA2063, Rwanda.
Joachim von Braun is a professor for economic and technological change and director at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, and Co-Chair of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel.

Inhalt

Supply, demand, and food security in Africa; sustainable expansion and intensification of agricultural production; systemic investments for sustainability; investment in governance; development aid, investment and international cooperation.