Erudite Series on the future of Africa: Agriculture
Can Africa be food secure by 2043? Africa’s agriculture futures and the impact of a green revolution.
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Date: 30 June 2023
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Time: 11h30 – 12h30 SAST (GMT+2)
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Venue: Online via Zoom
Overview
In an Agriculture scenario, improved yields, putting more land under irrigation, increasing water availability, focusing on ecosystem restoration, improving supply chains, increasing rural accessibility and increasing per capita caloric consumption result in greater food security reducing import dependence.
This seminar is co-hosted by AUDA-NEPAD and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
Read the full Agriculture report here.
Moderator: Pamla Gopaul, Programme Officer: Knowledge Dissemination, World Bank
Panelist: Alize le Roux, Senior Researcher in the African Futures and Innovation programme
Discussant: Hardwick Tchale, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank
Development partners
The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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