As climate crises deepen, Africa must turn its hard-won experience and local knowledge into global leadership on climate, health, food systems and clean energy.
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Agriculture is not just a victim of climate change. It is key to the solution. It must receive the same attention globally as fossil fuels and energy transitions.
South Africa’s agricultural extension advisors need to start training farmers to grow nutritious indigenous crops that have been largely forgotten.
Just three plant species – wheat, maize and rice – account for 60% of all food eaten globally. A crop science expert argues that many of Africa’s 30,000 edible plants must be revived.
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Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health and Director of The Lancet Countdown in Africa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Lecturer: Agroecology and Sustainable Livelihoods, Nelson Mandela University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Full Professor, SARChI Research Chair and Director of Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, University of Johannesburg