Why are farmers struggling to feed Africa?
\u201cThe cost of food will just go higher and higher, because farmers like myself cannot afford to invest in farming and can\u2019t even have their capital back at the end of the season.\u201d\n \nMore than 300 million people faced acute hunger in 2023 according to the World Food Programme. The UN body said this was caused by a number of issues including global warming, insecurity and conflict, and food and energy price inflation. \n \nAfrica is home to millions of small farmers who are key to feeding the continent\u2026 so what are the issues they\u2019re facing and how can they be helped?\n \nAfrica Daily\u2019s Alan Kasujja speaks to two farmers: Crescentia Mushobozi, the founder of Tanzania Viable Farms, and Gabriel Eze, the founder of Rural Farmers Hub in Nigeria, who both work to improve the lives and yields of farmers.
With thanks to the African Food Systems Forum's 'GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize'.