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Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

author(s) van Ittersum, Martin K.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
citation

Martin K. van Ittersum et al. Can Sub-Saharan Africa’s feed itself? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2016, 113 (52) 14964-14969; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610359113

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Abstract

Global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with 2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). At issue is whether SSA can meet this vast increase in cereal demand without greater reliance on cereal imports or major expansion of agricultural area and associated biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas emissions. This is an output from the ‘Integrated assessment of the determinants of the maize yield gap in Sub-Saharan Africa: towards farm innovation and enabling policies’ project led by the University of Wageningen

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