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Africa is one of the most food-insecure regions of the world, hosting about 282 million undernourished people, accounting for 38% of the global total of 735 million; and hence the access to adequate and nutritious food remains a big challenge. Degraded land resources, low agronomic productivity, and low nutrient dense foods are the major causes of malnourishment including micronutrient deficiencies in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). More than 50% of people in SSA suffer from Zn deficiency, and 57% of pregnant women suffer from Fe deficiency anemia. Soil and water are fundamental resources for livelihoods and food security in Africa as 60% of people in SSA derive their livelihoods from these resources. Promotion of nutrition- sensitive agriculture including biofortification, the breeding of staple crops that are richer in essential micronutrients than traditional varieties, and enhancing soil health can be a feasible and cost-effective approach to addressing deficiencies in vitamin A, Fe, and Zn. Mitigation of climate change by adoption of recommended management practices has numerous co-benefits, such as increase in agronomic productivity, improvement in nutritional quality of food, increase in renewability and quality of water resources, and improvement in activity and species diversity of soil organisms. Small landholders in SSA face numerous challenges in securing sufficient and nutritious food. In order to address these challenges, it is essential to implement policies such as redistribution of land, subsidizing inputs such as seed and fertilizer, strengthening agricultural advisory services, establishing saving and credit groups, mechanization efforts, floor prices to enhance decent farm gate prices, insurance schemes to deal with risks and failures, climate adaptation measures etc. Furthermore, the large yield gap in SSA requires policies which are pro-farmer and pro agriculture, so that farmers are encouraged to adopt modern and proven innovations for sustainable management of soil resources and for ushering the soil-centric Green Revolution in SSA.

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Plant Derived Nutritious Foods Under Changing Climate in Sub-Sahara Africa

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    2026年

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  • Bal Ram Singh,
  • Agnes Mwangwela,
  • Ruth Haug,
  • Rattan Lal

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Africa is one of the most food-insecure regions of the world, hosting about 282 million undernourished people, accounting for 38% of the global total of 735 million; and hence the access to adequate and nutritious food remains a big challenge. Degraded land resources, low agronomic productivity, and low nutrient dense foods are the major causes of malnourishment including micronutrient deficiencies in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). More than 50% of people in SSA suffer from Zn deficiency, and 57% of pregnant women suffer from Fe deficiency anemia. Soil and water are fundamental resources for livelihoods and food security in Africa as 60% of people in SSA derive their livelihoods from these resources. Promotion of nutrition- sensitive agriculture including biofortification, the breeding of staple crops that are richer in essential micronutrients than traditional varieties, and enhancing soil health can be a feasible and cost-effective approach to addressing deficiencies in vitamin A, Fe, and Zn. Mitigation of climate change by adoption of recommended management practices has numerous co-benefits, such as increase in agronomic productivity, improvement in nutritional quality of food, increase in renewability and quality of water resources, and improvement in activity and species diversity of soil organisms. Small landholders in SSA face numerous challenges in securing sufficient and nutritious food. In order to address these challenges, it is essential to implement policies such as redistribution of land, subsidizing inputs such as seed and fertilizer, strengthening agricultural advisory services, establishing saving and credit groups, mechanization efforts, floor prices to enhance decent farm gate prices, insurance schemes to deal with risks and failures, climate adaptation measures etc. Furthermore, the large yield gap in SSA requires policies which are pro-farmer and pro agriculture, so that farmers are encouraged to adopt modern and proven innovations for sustainable management of soil resources and for ushering the soil-centric Green Revolution in SSA.