African Food Systems

Emmanuel Ndhlovu is a Research Fellow within the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include development issues, political economy, land reform, agriculture and agribusiness, peasant livelihoods, informal sector livelihoods, migration and remittances, social protection, food security and poverty, and informal economy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Food Systems: Prospects for Resilience, Innovation, and Sustainable Transformation in Africa.- Chapter 2: Current State of Africa’s Food Systems.- Chapter 3: An Overview of Food System Transformation Actions in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 4: The Shifting Role of Small-scale Farms in Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation in a Post-COVID-19 Context: Critical Lessons from Zimbabwe.- Chapter 5: Political Economy of Food Security: Interrogating the Planting for Food and Jobs Policy Intervention in Ghana.- Chapter 6: Gender Relations in the Utilisation of Digital Technologies in the Changing Food Production Systems in Northern Uganda.- Chapter 7: The Intersection of Social Policy, Gender and Food Systems in rural Zimbabwe.- Chapter 8: ‘Command’ agriculture, food security and women empowerment in rural Zimbabwe: Review of the feminist social work perspective.- Chapter 9: Food System Transformation for Safe and Nutritious Diets in Africa.- Chapter 10: African Food Systems: Prospects for Safe Food, Healthy Diets, and Nutrition in Sub- Saharan Africa.- Chapter 11: Warring Food Industry Landscapes in Zimbabwean Cities.- Chapter 12: Implications of the Russia-Ukraine War for African Food Systems.- Chapter 13: Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa: Challenges and Dilemmas.- Chapter 14: Impact of Global Challenges on the African Food System: A Critical Assessment.- Chapter 15: The Impact of War and Conflict on African Food Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis.- Chapter 16: Conflicts, Land Resources, and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Food Security in Northern Ghana.- Chapter 17: Optimising Transformative AI Technologies: Pathway to Transformation in Digital Agriculture.- Chapter 18: Natural Resource Rent, Food Systems and Sustainability in Ghana:  Does Financial Innovation Matter?.- Chapter 19: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Food Production and Efficient Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 20: Food Systems Sustainability: Towards Food Waste Reduction in African Tourism Food Outlets.- Chapter 21: Conclusion: Towards Resilient, Innovative and Sustainable African Food Systems.