Climate Change, Crises, and Food Security in Africa

Abstract

Africa is the region with the lowest total and per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world, but it bears the brunt of the adverse effects of climate change. Due to its special geographical location, spanning north and south of the equator, Africa has a vast territory, a large population, and a diverse climate, and its economic and social development is relatively lagging behind, especially the low urbanization and industrialization rates, a large agricultural population, and huge inter-regional climate differences. The existing research mainly focuses on climate change, crises, and food security in Africa. The research theme of this paper is the impact of climate change on food security in Africa; using the literature research method, we study the impact of climate change situation on food security in Africa; the purpose of the research is to draw the attention of the international community to climate change and food security; increase the attention and support to Africa, so that Africans can enjoy a better livelihoods. Amartya’s Entitlement Failure Theory was adopted for this research. The paper relied on secondary data and personal observations. We adopted Amartya’s Entitlement Failure Theory for a better explanation in this paper. The paper relied so much on secondary data and personal observations. Food sufficiency in Africa will solve to a large extent, the problem of food shortage and hunger across the globe because of the natural advantage the continent has over other continents of the world. The challenge is the incessant political instability and the level of poverty in Africa.