"Since 1994, the South African government has committed to increasing economic growth and reducing poverty and inequality. Tax policy has been the most important instrument at its disposal to meet these objectives.

In southern Africa, the connections between climate and the water–energy–food nexus are strong. Physical and socioeconomic exposure to climate is high in many areas and in crucial economic sectors.

The relationship between trade liberalization and product quality is both empirically and theoretically ambiguous.

Agriculture has a crucial role to play in ending hunger and poverty in Africa, as it contributes approximately 35 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product while accounting for 70 percent of its labor force.

A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara.

Food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa