In this guest post, Stephanie Brittain outlines the need to encourage more young Africans to study the agricultural sciences, as a route to a food secure and prosperous continent.

In 2012, sub-Saharan African countries’ food import bill reached US$37.7 billion. Turning Africa into a food producer rather than food importer will depend on many things: reenergizing African soil that is highly degraded, improving the flow of resources to smallholder farmers, and finding jobs for Africa’s ballooning young population.
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