Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa

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dc.creatorSilva, ‪João Vasco
dc.creatorJaleta, Moti
dc.creatorTesfaye, Kindie
dc.creatorAbeyo, Bekele
dc.creatorDevkota Wasti, Mina
dc.creatorFrija, Aymen
dc.creatorHabarurema, Innocent
dc.creatorTembo, Batiseba
dc.creatorBahri, Haithem
dc.creatorMosaad, Alaa
dc.creatorBlasch, Gerald
dc.creatorSonder, Kai
dc.creatorSnapp, Sieglinde
dc.creatorBaudron, Frederic
dc.date2023-06
dc.date2023-09-06T15:12:32Z
dc.date2023-09-06T15:12:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:24:38Z
dc.descriptionA growing urban population and dietary changes increased wheat import bills in Africa to 9% per year. Though wheat production in the continent has been increasing over the past decades, to varying degrees depending on regions, this has not been commensurate with the rapidly increasing demand for wheat. Analyses of wheat yield gaps show that there is ample opportunity to increase wheat production in Africa through improved genetics and agronomic practices. Doing so would reduce import dependency and increase wheat self-sufficiency at national level in many African countries. In view of the uncertainties revealed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events, and world security issues, national policies in Africa should re-consider the value of self-sufficiency in production of staple food crops, specifically wheat. This is particularly so for areas where water-limited wheat yield gaps can be narrowed through intensification on existing cropland and judicious expansion of rainfed and irrigated wheat areas. Increasing the production of other sources of calories (and proteins) should also be considered to reduce dependency on wheat imports.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/78869
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJoao Silva, Moti Jaleta, Kindie Tesfaye, Bekele Abeyo, Mina Devkota Wasti, Aymen Frija, Innocent Habarurema, Batiseba Tembo, Haithem Bahri, Alaa Mosaad, Gerald Blasch, Kai Sonder, Sieglinde Snapp, Frederic Baudron. (23/6/2023). Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa. Global Food Security, 37.
dc.subjectagronomy
dc.subjectgenetic improvement
dc.subjectimport substitution
dc.subjectyield gaps
dc.titlePathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa
dc.typeJournal Article

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