Agricultural investments and hunger in Africa modeling potential contributions to SDG2 - Zero Hunger.

ABSTRACT: We use IFPRI's IMPACT framework of linked biophysical and structural economic models to examine developments in global agricultural production systems, climate change, and food security. Building on related work on how increased investment in agricultural research, resource management, and infrastructure can address the challenges of meeting future food demand, we explore the costs and implications of these investments for reducing hunger in Africa by 2030. This analysis is coupled with a new investment estimation model, based on the perpetual inventory methodology (PIM), which allows for a better assessment of the costs of achieving projected agricultural improvements. We find that climate change will continue to slow projected reductions in hunger in the coming decades-increasing the num

SUBMITTER: Mason-D'Croz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature