Policy Brief - Towards a Pan-African Approach to Food Security - By Hafez Ghanem

That occurred in spite of the pandemic and the spike in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine. [...] Africa lags the rest of the world in agricultural investment, in the share of land under irrigation, and in fertilizer use. [...] Responding to the Crisis10 The issue of global food security, and especially food security in Africa, was high on the agendas of the United Nation’s General Assembly Meetings in September 2022, and the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in October 2022. [...] The Dangote group in Nigeria opened in March 2022 one of the largest ammonia and urea fertilizer plants in the world on the outskirts of Lagos. [...] Read More About the Policy Center for the New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South.