With more than half of the world's acutely food insecure people living in Africa, achieving food security is critical to the continent.

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented health and economic crisis for sub-Saharan Africa.

Despite drought, uncertain trading conditions and some of the largest locust swarms ever seen in the country, South Africa continues to produce food that is not only of the highest quality, but the safest on the African continent as well.

The designation of Ghana as the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) collaborating centre for Africa, focusing on plant breeding and associated technologies for food and nutrition, is seen as important for the application of genetic modification in Africa.

South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe have recently published reports indicating a potential decline in grain harvest because of intense El Niño-induced dryness.

Oluwatoba Clement Asana, Country Manager of OCP Africa- Nigeria has expressed concerns on why Africa possesses over 60 percent of the world’s arable land yet contributes only 10 percent to global food production.