Food sovereignty in sub-Saharan Africa: reality, relevance, and practicality

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Kasselen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2022.957011en
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2673-3218en
cg.issue: 957011en
cg.journalFrontiers in Agronomyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT ECOLOGYen
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorMudombi-Rusinamhodzi, G.en
dc.contributor.authorRusinamhodzi, Leonarden
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T08:11:37Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-20T08:11:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125127
dc.titleFood sovereignty in sub-Saharan Africa: reality, relevance, and practicalityen
dcterms.abstractThe recent discourse on food sovereignty places much emphasis on democracy in determining localized food systems, and whether the food is culturally appropriate while leaning heavily on sustainable agricultural practices such as organic agriculture, ecological intensification, agroecology, nature-based solutions, and regenerative agriculture. Sustainable agricultural practices are intended to ensure that the land is managed without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, while going further by focusing on improvements on soil and land health. However, what are the practicalities of food activism and relying entirely on nature while yields are still very low in much of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)? We attempt to answer this question in four main sections: (a) we start by defining the concept of food sovereignty and the associated practices, (b) we highlight some of the main socio-ecological conditions that are common in SSA, and (c) we present evidence of some of the limitations of food sovereignty due to the diversity in ecological, political, cultural, and socio-economic contexts that characterize SSA; finally, (d) we focus on food preferences, marketing and certification aspects. We conclude that agroecology alone cannot solve the multiple objectives of increasing crop productivity and replenishing soil nutrients especially on small farms and relying on natural rainfall. There is an urgent need to combine superior crop varieties and judicious use of external inputs in tandem with the manipulation of the agroecological processes to increase the efficiency of input use and achieve higher food productivity, resilience to climate change, and preservation of the natural resource base in specific locations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-10-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMudombi-Rusinamhodzi, G. & Rusinamhodzi, L. (2022). Food sovereignty in sub-Saharan Africa: reality, relevance, and practicality. Frontiers in Agronomy, 4 : 957011, 1-7.en
dcterms.extent1-7en
dcterms.issued2022
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiersen
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen
dcterms.subjectfood productionen
dcterms.subjectrainfed farmingen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectsub-saharan africaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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