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This book examines Africa's current food system and future challenges for food security over the next twenty-five years.This book is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners who work on global food security, sustainable food systems, food, health and nutrition and African development.
List of contents
Introduction 1 Food systems and food security in Africa: looking back and projecting forwards
Michiel de Haas, Katrien Descheemaeker, Peter Ebanyat, Ewout Frankema, Ken E. Giller, Ibrahima Hathie, and Leo van Wissen PART 1 Diverse pathways on the country level: past, present and future 2 Senegal's journey to feed its growing population by 2050: pathways to accelerated food systems transformation
Ibrahima Hathie 3 Feeding a fast¿growing population by 2050 through accelerated agricultural transformation: potential avenues for Ethiopia
Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida, Temesgen Desalegn, Gashaw T. Abate, and Tilahun Amede 4 Past, present and future of food security in Egypt
Racha Ramadan and Antoine Castet 5 Zimbabwe's agriculture and food security: past, present and future (1960-2050)
Mark Nyandoro and Jens A. Andersson PART 2 Challenges 6 Africa's demographic challenge
Leo van Wissen 7 From yield and nutrient gaps to assessing future food self¿sufficiency in Africa
Antonius G.T. Schut and Martin K. van Ittersum 8 Global market and food security in Africa: more trade or more domestic production?
Siemen van Berkum and Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters 9 Why is food expensive in sub¿Saharan African cities?
Ewout Frankema 10 Addressing malnutrition in all its forms in Africa requires a radical paradigm shift
Alida Melse¿Boonstra, Inge D. Brouwer, Folake Samuel, and Mofu Musonda PART 3 Threats 11 Political instability and food security: the long view towards 2050
Han van Dijk and Nakar Syntyche Djindil 12 Climate change: impacts and adaptation in smallholder farming systems in sub¿Saharan Africa
Katrien Descheemaeker, Patricia Masikati, and Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy 13 Reconciling food security and forest conservation in Africa: challenges and opportunities
Marieke Sassen 14 Food security for Africa's growing population: a labour market perspective
Janneke Pieters 15 How small is beautiful? Farm size and economic development in Africa
Ken E. Giller and Jens A. Andersson PART 4 Opportunities 16 Transformative trees: forests for water and food security
Douglas Sheil 17 A water angle on Africa's 2050 food security challenge
Gert Jan Veldwisch, Jonathan Denison, Gabriella Izzi, Jean KamwambäMtethiwa, Hans Komakech, Bancy Mati, and Pieter Waalewijn 18 Harnessing biotechnology to release the potential of the bioeconomy for Africa
Enoch Kikulwe and Justus Wesseler 19 The multifunctional role of livestock in East African food systems: the case for dairy
Simon J. Oosting, Todd A. Crane, An Notenbaert, Ademola Braimoh, Asaah Ndambi, Augustine Ayantunde, Esther Kihoro, Corina van Middelaar, and Jan van der Lee 20 Extending the smallholder value¿creation frontier: a business perspective on food security
Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi, Dorothy Kanorio Murugu, Cobus Oberholster, and Lucas E. Urbano 21 Agricultural development in the poorest countries: insights from the poultry sector in Sierra Leone
Erwin Bulte, Niccolò Meriggi, Michael Rozelle, and Maarten Voors Conclusion 22 Growing towards a food¿secure Africa in 2050: reflections and pathways
Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema and Ken E. Giller. Index
About the author
Michiel de Haas is Assistant Professor of Economic and Environmental History at Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands.
Ken E. Giller is Emeritus Professor of Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands.
Summary
This book examines Africa’s current food system and future challenges for food security over the next twenty-five years.This book is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners who work on global food security, sustainable food systems, food, health and nutrition and African development.
