Future of African Agriculture: How Tech-Driven Transformation is Changing the Landscape
Agriculture forms a significant portion of all African economies, contributing 32% of the continent’s total GDP and employs as much as 65% of Africa’s labor force. More than half of Africa’s workforce relies on the agricultural sector for livelihoods, income, and employment, especially in family farming, writes Renu Mehta at Devdiscourse.
Climate change, unemployment, rapid population growth, poverty, and hunger are the top challenges that the continent is facing today. Africa is one of the world’s richest continent when it comes to natural resources but the poorest in terms of GDP. According to the World Bank estimates, Africa’s working-age population is expected to grow by 450 million people by 2035 but the continent will likely produce only 100 million new jobs during that time. So the question is how will Africa feed 1.5 billion people by 2030 and 2 billion by 2050?
Technology is the answer and countries have already begun the work. Agriculture coupled with technology has huge potential not only to feed the growing population but also to generate employment for African youth and achieve sustainable development.
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