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Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
Commitments made on the global stage must now be followed through with policy and regulatory reform at national, regional and continental levels.
These organisations are ideally placed to contribute their fine-grained local knowledge. They intimately understand the specific needs of the most vulnerable in their communities.
Research questions the idea that getting commercial seeds and fertilisers to smallholder farmers will double yields and incomes.
Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in Southern and Eastern Africa, which are at the heart of inclusive food value chains, are not receiving fair prices for their produce.
Globally, experts are beginning to recognise that focusing on one aspect of food overlooks the trade-offs or sacrifices people make.
Stronger agricultural R&D systems will enable agriculture to power Africa’s transformation.
Barriers to independent national decision making in farming need to be challenged if agricultural sustainability is to be developed.
African governments risk repeating mistakes of the 20th century with damaging consequences for poverty, food security and economic development.
As the global South transitions to a predominantly urban future, food offers a way to understand the role of cities in future development.
To overcome food insecurity, especially in a pandemic, Nigeria’s emergency preparedness requires a total overhaul of it’s agri-food supply chain.
It’s time to redesign food systems that deliver healthy foods, allow farming families to make a good living, and support thriving societies.
Top contributors
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Co-director; Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), Stellenbosch University
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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CIGI chair in Gloal Migration and Development, Professor of Geography and Enviromental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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MSU Foundation Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Professor, Business School, University of South Australia
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Senior Scientist, Agriculture and the Environment, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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PhD candidate in the School of Government, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Economist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Principal Scientist and Associate Professor, CGIAR System Organization
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Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR System Organization
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Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
