Africa will help feed 9 billion by 2050 | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Africa's green revolution is now a vibrant movement, giving hope that sub-Saharan Africa will feed itself by 2050, even with a population of about 2 bln people then
CGIAR Climate's insight:
The first link of the value chain (inputs and financing) is now being repaired using subsidies, but more recently risk sharing facilities, credit guarantees to back up a portion of bank loan defaults by smallholder farmers who have no collateral.
Governments and donors are now providing over $3.5 billion in several countries enabling the banking industry to reach the poorest farmers. Electronic wallets have been used by 14 million farmers in Nigeria to access credits and smart subsidies, buy agricultural inputs, sell their crops, and pay bank loans using mobile phones.
The second link is crop production itself. This is where the CGIAR, its national partners and the private sector continue to provide improved germplasm, agronomic practices, integrated pest management, nutrient management and post-harvest technologies that double or triple crop yields in farmer fields, not only yields of the basic food crops, but also products such as cocoa and camel milk.