Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

AGRA. (2022). Africa Agriculture Status Report. Accelerating African Food Systems Transformation (Issue 10). Nairobi, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

Abstract

The Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) 2021 highlighted the importance of building sustainable and resilient food systems in Africa. The targets for building functional, resilient, and sustainable food systems are dynamic and continue to evolve in the face of global and regional challenges. This year’s AASR provides evidence and insights on the prospects of accelerating the transformation of Africa’s food systems toward resilience and sustainability anchored in the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), particularly the work of the Scientific Group. AASR22 highlights several megatrends which governments, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector must proactively anticipate and respond to. These demographic, economic, environmental, and social megatrends are shaping Africa’s food systems. With an emphasis on a wholistic approach to transforming food systems, the 2022 Report puts the spotlight on the critical roles of leadership and coordination, mobilizing investments, and capacity and capabilities. The Report puts forward recommendations for immediate actions and steps that African governments, Pan-African organizations, development partners, the private sector, and civil society must take to accelerate the transformation of food systems to preserve and increase the welfare of current and future generations as well as the health of our planet. We need to chart a path to greater resilience, which presents the biggest opportunity for transforming its food systems with a clear continental vision set out in the Africa Common Position.