June 02, 2020 at 12:40PM Covid-19 and food security | How African agriculture could hold its own in the face of the crisis

Zones devastated by conflict, terrorism in the Sahel, locust invasions... the list of obstacles to development in Africa goes on. The Covid-19 epidemic is just one of many. However, the crisis looks like showing the resilience of the continent's farmers, particularly those in West Africa, focusing on food crops. Analysis by Patrick Dugué, an agronomist and expert in the diversity of African farming systems at CIRAD.

This article is the seventh in a series focusing on the impacts of Covid-19 on food security in tropical countries.

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