Polity (South Africa) published an article on the state of food security. The latest SOFI report shows a forthcoming global shift of food insecurity towards Africa. It also points to multiple trends that threaten to undermine decades of global progress towards ensuring universal access to safe, nutritious food. Even before adjusting for any disproportionate effects on food systems caused by Covid-19, Africa is still the region of the world most off-track to meet the second SDG. There isn’t a silver bullet for solving food security – but there are some general guidelines to building a healthy food system. IFPRI provides seven considerations along the lines of coordinating water purity efforts with nutrition and health interventions and improving agricultural water management. Many African communities can address existing social inequalities in water-nutrition linkages, especially where women comprise much of the agricultural workforce. Republished in the Daily Maverick (South Africa), This Is Africa.
