From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa’’s Food Production: Investment and Policy Priorities for Sufficient, Nutritious and Sustainable Food Su

Boosting food production in Africa requires investments in vocational training, agricultural research, digitization, mechanization, sustainable land use and small-scale irrigation. Access to capital and markets must be improved, political stability ensured, farmers’ associations supported and development assistance expanded.

Heike Baumüller is a project coordinator and senior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

Assefa Admassie is a professor at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and a senior fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

Sheryl Hendriks is a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and member of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel.

Getaw Tadesse is the director of Bilateral Programs at AKADEMIYA2063, Rwanda.

Joachim von Braun is a professor for economic and technological change and director at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, and Co-Chair of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel.