SA farmers growing more with less as going green picks up speed

[{“type”:”text”,”content”:”According to a 2020 UN food and agriculture report, nearly 690 million people, or 8.9% of the global population, are hungry, an increase of 60 million in five years. Food production would need to increase 70% by 2050 to feed an estimated 9 billion people.nnDespite the increased demand Africa has struggled to maintain sustainable food security across the continent in recent years, enduring regional conflicts, climate related droughts, flooding, pests, diseases and now a global pandemic causing nations across Africa and the world to go into lockdown.nnThe importance of secure food supply chains in particular was never more evident than at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns placed unprecedented stress on food supply chains u2013 bottlenecking farm labour, processing, logistics and transport while simultaneously increasing demand as people stocked up and emptied grocery store shelves.”,”position”:0,”id”:”LeCAuYE4A4cQS0fF”}]