Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives

This book focuses on food security and safety issues in Africa, a continent presently challenged with malnutrition and food insecurity. The continuous increase in the human population of Africa will lead to higher food demands, and climate change has already affected food production in most parts of Africa, resulting in drought, reduced crop yields, and loss of livesk and income. For Africa to be food—secure, safe and nutritious food has to be available, well—distributed, and sufficient to ...