1. Better education2. Better Job

opportunities 3. Better healthcare4. An honest and

responsive government

5. Affordable and Nutritious Food

Out of the box

Photo FAO

Photo Peter Morgan

Source: Brown (2003)

Source FAO

Photo Linus Dagerskog

New (traditional) sources for nutrition

Approximately 500 species of

insects are eaten across Africa

(More than 1/3 of the global list)

Central and Southern Africa

are hot spots of edible insects

Paradoxically, food security

situation in these countries

remain precarious

Source Dr.

Kelemu ,ICIPE

Photo We effect

Courtesy of We effect

Photo We effect

Agriculture accounts for 35 per cent of global employment

On the road to Paris

SIANI

SIK 2014

Publications

Exhibitions/ study tours

Photo E.Bessonova

Photo K Andersson

Photo- Christian Mulumba/ UN Women

Themes & Expert groups

Severe land degradationLack of investment in

agricultural modernisation

Lack of investment in water control infrastructure

Poverty - hunger

A generation gap: loss of farmer pride; youth outmigration

Africa's millions of smallholder farmers face a primary challenge of feeding themselves Source Madiodo Niasse ILC

Challenges - The case of Africa