Publication

This brief explores the scope and impacts of policy choices that would increase yields and land under cultivation in Africa and facilitate the regional consumption of food by those in need. Despite possessing large tracts of rich, uncultivated land, Africa is a net importer of food and suffers from high levels of under-nutrition. Some have argued that a ‘Green Revolution’, defined by increasing crop yields and land under cultivation, could bring about a more sustainable future for the continent. However, this could also lead to a world where buying steak in Europe is cheap while millions of Africans continue to go hungry or even starve.