Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Food Systems

February 1, 2016 - T.S. Jayne and Lulama Traub

T.S. Jayne and Lulama Traub. Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Food Systems. Foreign Affairs, special edition on African Farmers in the Digital Age: How Digital Solutions Can Enable Rural Development, February 2016.

SEVEN EMERGING TRENDS

While the share of Africa’s work force in agriculture is declining gradually, the majority of Africa’s population will continue to be engaged primarily in agriculture for at least the next decade.
The youth bulge.
Increased competition for Africa’s farmland.
Macroeconomic management.
Telecommunications revolution.
Widespread soil degradation in densely-populated African farming systems.
Greater climate variability.

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