FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT AGRICULTURE
IN THE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST REGION
Nearly 60%
of the African
continent’s population
experience food
insecurity.
(Revitalizing African Agriculture:
Time for Bold Action, the UNCTAD)
Food production will have to increase by
60% by 2025.
(https:www.un.org/echronicle/article/feedingworldsustainably#:~:text=Ac
cording%20to%20estimates%20compiled%20by.toll%20on%20our%20na
tural%20resources)
Africa’s total
population now stands
at over
1.4 billion.
The United Nations
projects that by
2050,
Africa’s population will
reach close to
2.5 billion.
(https://www.imf.org//media/Files
/Publications/Fandd/Article/2023/
September/Picturethis0923.ashx#:~
:text=Fueled%20by%20a%20combi
nation%20of.reach%20close%20to
%202.5%20billion)
Most African countries
are net food importers.
At least
82%
of Africa’s basic food
imports come from
outside the continent.
(Revitalizing African Agriculture:
Time for Bold Action, the UNCTAD)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s
small-scale farmers
account for more than
half of the continent’s
workforce and are
disproportionately
affected by climate
change.
Africa has approx
60%
of the worlds
uncultivated arable
land and has indeed
the potential to feed
itself and the world.
(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/
2016/01/how-africa-can-feed-theworld/)
African nations
contribute marginally
to the climate crisis
(<4%),
yet they bear a
disproportionate
impact.
