Chapter 3
Linking Industrial Crop Production
and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Local, National and Continental
Perspectives
Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Abubakari Ahmed, Alice Karanja,
Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Boubacar Siddighi Balde, Linda Chinangwa,
Sileshi Degefa, Eric Brako Dompreh, Osamu Saito,
and Alexandros Gasparatos
3.1 Introduction
Food security is one of the major sustainability challenges and development priorities
facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (UNECA 2015; FAO 2018; Sasson 2012) (Chap. 1
Vol. 1). Currently about a tenth of the global population is undernourished, but this
rate is even higher in SSA standing at about 20% (FAO 2015) (Chap. 1 Vol. 1; Chap. 1
Vol. 2). Despite some progress, most SSA countries fall at the lowest ranks globally
for many indicators related to hunger, child stunting and calorie deficit, among several
others (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO 2019). Despite the constant increase in
food supply across all sub-regions during the past decades (Fig. 3.1), there has been
little progress in many countries to halt food inadequacy despite large economic
growth in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) (Fig. 3.2).
M. P. Jarzebski (*) · B. S. Balde · E. B. Dompreh
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
A. Ahmed
Department of Planning, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana
A. Karanja · A. Gasparatos
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: gasparatos@ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Y. A. Boafo
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
L. Chinangwa · S. Degefa
United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
O. Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: saito@unu.edu
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Linking Industrial Crop Production
and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Local, National and Continental
Perspectives
Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Abubakari Ahmed, Alice Karanja,
Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Boubacar Siddighi Balde, Linda Chinangwa,
Sileshi Degefa, Eric Brako Dompreh, Osamu Saito,
and Alexandros Gasparatos
3.1 Introduction
Food security is one of the major sustainability challenges and development priorities
facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (UNECA 2015; FAO 2018; Sasson 2012) (Chap. 1
Vol. 1). Currently about a tenth of the global population is undernourished, but this
rate is even higher in SSA standing at about 20% (FAO 2015) (Chap. 1 Vol. 1; Chap. 1
Vol. 2). Despite some progress, most SSA countries fall at the lowest ranks globally
for many indicators related to hunger, child stunting and calorie deficit, among several
others (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO 2019). Despite the constant increase in
food supply across all sub-regions during the past decades (Fig. 3.1), there has been
little progress in many countries to halt food inadequacy despite large economic
growth in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) (Fig. 3.2).
M. P. Jarzebski (*) · B. S. Balde · E. B. Dompreh
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
A. Ahmed
Department of Planning, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana
A. Karanja · A. Gasparatos
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: gasparatos@ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Y. A. Boafo
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
L. Chinangwa · S. Degefa
United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
O. Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Japan
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: saito@unu.edu
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
A. Gasparatos et al. (eds.), Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I,
Science for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_3
81