These resources are currently being The report analyses the main trends and drivers of Africa’s depleted and degraded at an alarming rate, with significant food systems, how food systems have responded to these impacts on biodiversity, climate change, and ultimately, on drivers, and what the resulting environmental impacts of the ability of food systems to fulfil their functions. [...] Unlike in other parts of the developing world, most of the land use change and deforestation in Africa during the past ● Urbanization – linked to dietary changes, in particular two decades, both in protected areas and overall, has been an increasing consumption of processed foods and food of the result of food crop production for subsistence and for animal origin, but also changes in employment pa. [...] These ● Both the covid pandemic and the Ukraine war have include the growing demand for food in Africa and contributed to global food and energy price increases, globally, resulting from the combination of population which have affected African countries that are net growth, urbanization, and income increase, but also the importers of grain, fertilizer, and other agricultural inputs demand for foo. [...] TYPES AND SCALE OF IMPACTS The drivers outlined in section 2 above result in food The nature and extent of the environmental impact of food system responses, which in turn affect African ecosystems systems depends on the nature and constellation of drivers. [...] The integration of trees and livestock can reduce the reliance on fertilizers but may, in some contexts, reduce crop yields The specific environmental impacts of agricultural (due to competition with crops for space, light, water and production depend on the nature of the farming system and nutrients).
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- 86
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- Kenya
