Ensuring Africa’s Food Security by 2050: The Role of Population Growth, Climate-Resilient Strategies, and Putative Pathways to Resilience

Simane, Belay; Kapwata, Thandi; Naidoo, Natasha; Cissé, Guéladio; Wright, Caradee Y.; Berhane, Kiros

doi:10.3390/foods14020262

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Ensuring Africa’s Food Security by 2050: The Role of Population Growth, Climate-Resilient Strategies, and Putative Pathways to Resilience

BSBelay Simane TKThandi Kapwata NNNatasha Naidoo GCGuéladio Cissé CYCaradee Y. Wright

Addis Ababa University · South African Medical Research Council · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

Africa is grappling with severe food security challenges driven by population growth, climate change, land degradation, water scarcity, and socio-economic factors such as poverty and inequality. Climate variability and extreme weather events, including droughts, floods, and heatwaves, are intensifying food insecurity by reducing agricultural productivity, water availability, and livelihoods. This study examines the projected threats to food security in Africa, focusing on changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and the frequency of extreme weather events. Using an Exponential Growth Model, we estimated the population from 2020 to 2050 across Africa's five sub-regions. The analysis assumes a 5%…

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Food security
Climate change
Population growth
Population
Agriculture
Extreme weather
Geography
Water scarcity

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