Africa Needs To Quadruple Crop Output By 2050

Sub-Saharan Africa needs to increase crop production by 260 percent in order to feed an estimated 2.4 billion people by 2050, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the ongoing fourth African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). With rising population levels, demand for food will increase, and higher production has to be achieved without degrading the environment, he said. But this cannot be achieved unless there are significantly higher levels of investment in agricultural research, science and technology, he added. Dr. Adesina was delivering an address at the High Policy Dialogue on “Research to Feed Africa” on Monday....