Africa’s agrifood transformation is no longer optional. By 2050, the continent will need to feed 2.5 billion people, half of them in cities, in a climate that is hotter, drier and less predictable than the one our farming systems were designed for.
The good news is that solutions are emerging. Drought-tolerant seed varieties, digital advisory platforms, regenerative agriculture and short urban supply chains are all being tested at scale.
What ties them together is systems thinking. AISPAR’s research argues that single-intervention projects rarely move the needle — what works is coordinated investment across input supply, finance, logistics, processing and policy.
