NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

By Mark Hillsdon

After decades of mono-cropping and overgrazing, around 65% of Africa’s farmland, opens new tab is now considered unproductive or degraded, leaving more than 270 million people facing chronic hunger, opens new tab. But while there is general agreement that food security is a priority for Africa, how to achieve it is a far more polarised debate.