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Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

KARL HUGHES, Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and impact Assessment, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) LAND is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 83% of people depend directly on land for survival. However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s productive land is degraded – it has lost its productive capacity – to some degree. This is driven by years of overgrazing, inappropriate agricultural practices, extreme weather events and the conversion of forest land into farm land. The future doesn’t look promising either as Africa is the…
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