Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

van Ittersum, M.K.; van Bussel, L.G.J.; Wolf, J.; Grassini, Patricio; Van Wart, Justin; Guilpart, Nicolas; Claessens, Lieven; de Groot, Hugo; Wiebe, Keith; Mason-D’Croz, Daniel; Yang, Haishun; Boogaard, Hendrik; van Oort, P.A.J.; P. van Loon, Marloes; Saito, Kazuki; Adimo, Ochieng; Adjei‐Nsiah, S.; Alhassane, Agali; Bala, Abdullahi; Chikowo, Régis; C. Kaizzi, Kayuki; Kouressy, Mamoutou; H. J. R. Makoi, Joachim; Ouattara, Korodjouma; Tesfaye, Kindie; G. Cassman, Kenneth

doi:10.1073/pnas.1610359113

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Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Dec 12, 2016

Authors:

M.K. van Ittersum

L.G.J. van Bussel

J. Wolf

Abstract

Although global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with 2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Indeed, SSA is the region at greatest food security risk because by 2050 its population will increase 2.5-fold and demand for cereals approximately trip...

Subject

Yield (engineering)

Yield gap

Greenhouse gas

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