{"id":18068,"date":"2022-06-26T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/africa-seeks-local-fix-as-war-worsens-food-crisis"},"modified":"2022-06-26T18:08:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T18:08:53","slug":"africa-seeks-local-fix-as-war-worsens-food-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/africa-seeks-local-fix-as-war-worsens-food-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Africa seeks local fix as war worsens food crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>African food import bills have soared as global prices trade near a record high after Russia\u2019s invasion sharply reduced Ukraine\u2019s exports of grain.<\/p>\n

Africa is looking to indigenous crops to tackle a worsening food crisis after Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine boosted the price of imported wheat.Alternatives such as cassava, fonio and teff could help plug the gap, alongside increasing output of hardier strains of wheat. But the transition will require more funding for research and marketing, plus the rollout of crops better suited to the continent, said Makhtar Diop, managing director of the International Finance Corp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are other cereals in Africa that have been in my view very much underused and things that we eat in our countries,\u201d Diop, a Senegalese national, told Bloomberg on the sidelines of last week\u2019s Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.African food import bills have soared as global prices trade near a record high after Russia\u2019s invasion sharply reduced Ukraine\u2019s exports of grain. Food stress is expected to affect more than 60 million people in eastern and southern Africa by next month, with 43 million West Africans at risk from nutritional insecurity.<\/p>\n

In Mali, Yol\u00e9l\u00e9 Foods \u2014 co-founded by New York-based Senegalese Chef Pierre Thiam and Philip Teverow \u2014 is investing in a factory to process fonio, a protein-rich grain grown in West Africa.<\/p>\n

The surge in wheat prices has highlighted \u201cthe folly of relying upon imported grain,\u201d Teverow said. \u201cAnd the folly of not turning to crops that have been adapted over millenia to the climate and the soil of West Africa.\u201dIn Nigeria, processors are producing more cassava starch and flour after collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ndidi Nwuneli, co-founder of Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition, said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited that our people are switching to locally sourced, high-quality, nutritious alternatives and that processors are also being compelled to look inward and see what can we find in our own backyard,\u201d Nwuneli said.<\/p>\n

Psaltry International Ltd. processes about 400 tons of cassava tubers daily in Nigeria\u2019s southwest for major food and beverage companies. It\u2019s growing new varieties of cassava to make starch and flour that are used as an additive or filler in many products.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting more orders from our offtakers because they can\u2019t get wheat,\u201d said Psaltry chief executive officer Yemisi Iranloye.<\/p>\n

Teff, a key ingredient to make an Ethiopian staple known as injera, is also increasingly being used as a gluten-free, high-fibre substitute to flour.<\/p>\n

But the shift isn\u2019t be happening fast enough. African farmers need more funding and logistics support to fill the gap, Iranloye said.\u201cThe crisis has met us in a state of unpreparedness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. African food import bills have soared as global prices trade near a record high after Russia\u2019s invasion sharply reduced Ukraine\u2019s exports of grain. 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