Pathways to African food security : challenges, threats and opportunities towards 2050 / edited by Michiel de Haas and Ken Giller.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Food systems and food security in Africa: looking back and projecting forwards / Michiel de Haas, Katrien Descheemaeker, Peter Ebanyat, Ewout Frankema, Ken E. Giller, Ibrahima Hathie and Leo van Wissen -- Part 1. Diverse pathways on the country level: past, present and future -- Senegal's journey to feed its growing population by 2050: Pathways to accelerated food systems transformation / Ibrahima Hathie -- Feeding a fast-growing population by 2050 through accelerated agricultural transformation: Potential avenues for Ethiopia / Tesfaye Sida, Temesgen Desalegn, Gashaw Tadesse, and Tilahun Amede -- Past, Present and Future of Food Security in Egypt / Racha Ramadan and Antoine Castet -- Zimbabwe's Agriculture and Food Security: Past, Present and Future (1960-2050) / Mark Nyandoro and Jens A. Andersson -- Part 2. Challenges -- Africa's demographic challenge / Leo van Wissen -- From yield and nutrient gaps to assessing future food self-sufficiency in Africa / Antonius G.T. Schut & Martin K. van Ittersum -- Global market and food security in Africa: more trade or more domestic production? / Siemen van Berkum & Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters -- Why is food expensive in sub-Saharan African cities? / Ewout Frankema -- Addressing malnutrition in all its forms in Africa requires a radical paradigm shift / Alida Melse-Boonstra, Inge D. Brouwer, Folake Samuel, and Mofu Musonda -- Part 3: Threats -- Political Instability and Food Security: The Long View Towards 2050 / Han van Dijk and Nakar Syntyche Djindil -- Climate change: impacts and adaptation in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa / Katrien Descheemaeker, Patricia Masikati & Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy -- Reconciling food security and forest conservation in Africa: challenges and opportunities / Marieke Sassen -- Food security for Africa's growing population: a labour market perspective / Janneke Pieters -- How small is beautiful? Farm size and economic development in Africa / Ken E. Giller & Jens Andersson -- Part 4. Opportunities -- Transformative trees: Forests for water and food security / Douglas Sheil -- A water angle on Africa's 2050 food security challenge / Gert Jan Veldwisch, Jonathan Denison, Gabriella Izzi, Jean Kamwamba-Mtethiwa, Hans Komakech, Banci Mati & Pieter Waalewijn -- Harnessing biotechnology to release the potential of the bioeconomy for Africa / Enoch Kikulwe & Justus Wesseler -- The multifunctional role of livestock in East African food systems: the case for dairy / Simon J. Oosting, Todd A. Crane, An Notenbaert, Ademola Braimoh, Asaah Ndambi, Augustine Ayantunde, Esther Kihoro, Corina van Middelaar & Jan van der Lee -- Extending the smallholder value-creation frontier: a business perspective on food security / Paul Ingenbleek, Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi, Dorothy Kanorio Mugane, Cobus Oberholster, and Lucas E. Urbano -- Agricultural development in the poorest countries: insights from the poultry sector in Sierra Leone / Erwin Bulte, Niccol�o Meriggi, Michael Rozelle and Maarten Voors -- Conclusion -- Growing towards a food secure Africa in 2050: Reflections and pathways / Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema, and Ken E. Giller.

"This book examines Africa's current food system and future challenges for food security over the next twenty-five years. Africa is on the rise and by 2050, the continent will be home to a quarter of the world's population. The analysis presented in this book clearly shows that the African food system needs to transform at a much faster pace to ensure that the people it serves are food secure. The book begins with four contrasting case studies which focus on country-specific challenges in Egypt, Ethiopia, Senegal and Zimbabwe. This is followed by fifteen thematic chapters organised in three sections on challenges, threats and opportunities. Individual chapters address a wide range of topics including climate change, water security, farm sizes, crop yields, conservation trade-offs, food prices, trade, conflict and structural change. The book concludes by discussing key pathways to improve Africa's food system and food security for the decades ahead. This book is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners who work on global food security, sustainable food systems, food, health and nutrition and African development"-- Provided by publisher.