Brookings Podcast: Food Insecurity in Africa

Drought, low agriculture productivity and a cascade of bad policy choices have put millions in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel at risk for starvation. Senior Fellow Mwangi Kimenyi, director of the Africa Growth Initiative, says the consequences will haunt the continent for decades to come.

Mwangi Kimenyi: With the right mix of political reforms and investments in agriculture, the African continent could feed its millions in the years to come, and even withstand natural disasters, but the outlook remains grim.