In Conclusion...
Throughout this blog, I have been able to research countless aspects of the African agricultural system and how it ties to food. There have been many main takeaways from this blog which I was able to thoroughly understand through the use of the case study posts. The overarching themes I have seen when researching water and food in Africa is that 1) smallholder farms have a better chance of making the future of food in Africa more sustainable 2) most places rely on rainfall for irrigation thus there needs to be better water management techniques to distribute and have access to water supplies 3) there is a need to have better institutions and mechanisms in place to allow Africa to modernize and expand in growth with the use of its agricultural sector. Going through the research it is evident that the food crisis in Africa has been on the minds of developed and developing countries governments for a while. Africa hasn’t been through the Green Revolution, which we spoke about in lecture