Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system
Africa is not on track to achieve SDG 2, eradicating hunger by 2030. We argue that for meaningful and sustained food security, African people and institutions must be empowered to determine how their food systems are shaped. Drawing from a conceptual framework tailored to the African food system, we...
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| author | Dzudzor, Makafui I. May, Julian D. Mockshell, Jonathan |
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| description | Africa is not on track to achieve SDG 2, eradicating hunger by 2030. We argue that for meaningful and sustained food security, African people and institutions must be empowered to determine how their food systems are shaped. Drawing from a conceptual framework tailored to the African food system, we emphasise that regulative, normative, and cognitive institutions play a central role in structuring food systems on the continent. Agency is the means through which these institutions are activated and transformed. The profit-driven orientation and corporate concentration in the current food system impairs institutional capacity and local agency. To advance food security, food system transformation in Africa must be shaped by institutional pluralism, contextual specificity, and locally defined priorities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1766712025-11-11T18:52:14Z Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system Dzudzor, Makafui I. May, Julian D. Mockshell, Jonathan food systems food security seguridad alimentaria institutions institución Africa is not on track to achieve SDG 2, eradicating hunger by 2030. We argue that for meaningful and sustained food security, African people and institutions must be empowered to determine how their food systems are shaped. Drawing from a conceptual framework tailored to the African food system, we emphasise that regulative, normative, and cognitive institutions play a central role in structuring food systems on the continent. Agency is the means through which these institutions are activated and transformed. The profit-driven orientation and corporate concentration in the current food system impairs institutional capacity and local agency. To advance food security, food system transformation in Africa must be shaped by institutional pluralism, contextual specificity, and locally defined priorities. 2025-09-19 2025-09-25T10:40:47Z 2025-09-25T10:40:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176671 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Dzudzor, M.I.; May, J.D.; Mockshell, J. (2025) Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system. Food Security , Online first paper(2025-09-19). ISSN: 1876-4517 |
| spellingShingle | food systems food security seguridad alimentaria institutions institución Dzudzor, Makafui I. May, Julian D. Mockshell, Jonathan Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title | Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title_full | Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title_fullStr | Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title_short | Science for Africa’s future food security: linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| title_sort | science for africa s future food security linking agency and institutions in the food system |
| topic | food systems food security seguridad alimentaria institutions institución |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176671 |
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