Feeding Africa: Sanctions Make It Worse, Imports Don’t Help, What’s the Solution?

... mentioned only characterizes the period from 2019–2022. In other words, it does not account for the political turbulence and market complications which arose in 2022–2023. Food security: why importing more food does not equal feeding people Although food security has come to light rather recently—mainly, against the background of other failures of the international system—the foundation of what is known as “food sovereignty” was laid back in 2007. Symbolically, this happened in Africa, at an international forum held in Mali and attended by participants from over 80 countries. The accepted definition of “food sovereignty” , a key outcome of the forum,...