BI Fact Sheets - POPULATION DYNAMICS AND FOOD SECURITY - More Food for More People

Yet the in sub-Saharan Africa.5 supply of vitamins and minerals, requirements for food security are deter- excess weight, obesity and re- mined not only by population growth, but sulting diet-related illnesses.10 also by changes in the age structure and the More Food for More People geographical distribution of populations between urban and rural areas. [...] It is rehabilitating the By the middle of the century, the number of natural ecosystem along the river and Migration calls for changes in food security people living in towns and cities in Africa developing an area for growing fruit strategies. [...] In Meru, poverty move to cities or to more fertile Tanzania, for example, urbanisation has rural areas in order to reduce the risk of boosted the demand for milk and created food insecurity.43 In sub-Saharan Africa in a reliable source of income for smallholder particular, the results of the climate crisis, dairy farmers in a region where fertile ara- including crop failures and associated job ble. [...] In turn, the associated changes for the demographic transition and so- … take account of the challenges and in the age structure of the population can cio-economic progress in their work with potential of urbanisation in food security facilitate an economic upturn. [...] of the causes of problems in global food … help to improve data availability, systems.59 On the production side, these … strengthen the role of women and invest in research and develop analytic include international agricultural policies girls and give top priority to food secu- capacity in partner countries to gain a in addition to a concentration of power rity for pregnant women, mothers and bet.