Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Agricultural Research Center, Egypt | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forest, Tunisia | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Zambia Agricultural Research Institute | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | International Fund for Agricultural Development | en |
| cg.contributor.donor | CGIAR Trust Fund | en |
| cg.contributor.initiative | Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Kindie Tesfaye: 0000-0002-7201-8053 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Mina Devkota: 0000-0002-2348-4816 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Aymen Frija: 0000-0001-8379-9054 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Kai Sonder: 0000-0001-9672-5361 | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100684 | en |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 2211-9124 | en |
| cg.journal | Global Food Security | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.subject.actionArea | Resilient Agrifood Systems | |
| cg.subject.impactArea | Climate adaptation and mitigation | |
| cg.subject.impactArea | Nutrition, health and food security | |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 1 - No poverty | en |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 2 - Zero hunger | en |
| cg.volume | 37 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, João Vasco | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Jaleta, Moti | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesfaye, Kindie | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Abeyo, Bekele | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Devkota Wasti, Mina | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Frija, Aymen | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Habarurema, Innocent | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Tembo, Batiseba | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Bahri, Haithem | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Mosaad, Alaa | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Blasch, Gerald | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Sonder, Kai | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Snapp, Sieglinde | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Baudron, Frederic | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-06T15:12:32Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-06T15:12:32Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131793 | |
| dc.title | Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa | en |
| dcterms.abstract | A growing urban population and dietary changes increased wheat import bills in Africa to 9% per year. Though wheat production in the continent has been increasing over the past decades, to varying degrees depending on regions, this has not been commensurate with the rapidly increasing demand for wheat. Analyses of wheat yield gaps show that there is ample opportunity to increase wheat production in Africa through improved genetics and agronomic practices. Doing so would reduce import dependency and increase wheat self-sufficiency at national level in many African countries. In view of the uncertainties revealed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events, and world security issues, national policies in Africa should re-consider the value of self-sufficiency in production of staple food crops, specifically wheat. This is particularly so for areas where water-limited wheat yield gaps can be narrowed through intensification on existing cropland and judicious expansion of rainfed and irrigated wheat areas. Increasing the production of other sources of calories (and proteins) should also be considered to reduce dependency on wheat imports. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.available | 2023-06-23 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Joao Silva, Moti Jaleta, Kindie Tesfaye, Bekele Abeyo, Mina Devkota Wasti, Aymen Frija, Innocent Habarurema, Batiseba Tembo, Haithem Bahri, Alaa Mosaad, Gerald Blasch, Kai Sonder, Sieglinde Snapp, Frederic Baudron. (23/6/2023). Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa. Global Food Security, 37. | en |
| dcterms.format | en | |
| dcterms.issued | 2023-03-22 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| dcterms.publisher | Elsevier | en |
| dcterms.subject | agronomy | en |
| dcterms.subject | genetic improvement | en |
| dcterms.subject | import substitution | en |
| dcterms.subject | yield gaps | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |
Files
Original bundle
1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
- Name:
- 0f68fd2242e2a7622578f1f480f45963.pdf
- Size:
- 11.06 MB
- Format:
- Adobe Portable Document Format
- Description:
- Journal Article