While rates of food insecurity vary across the continent, and are worse in central and west Africa, this is a region-wide challenge. I'm a scholar of African food security and agriculture .

A balanced diet is important for reducing hunger and malnutrition. Researchers thus advocate that small farmers in low- and ...

Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food ...

African nations spend an average of $50 billion each year importing food, a reliance that could surge to $110 billion by 2025 ...

Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any ...

The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any world region. The prevalence of undernourishment is 20.4% (some 298.4 ...