Information for G04182
SENTINEL: Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
Barbara Adolph, Jacob Mwitwa, Tagel Gebrehiwot, Dora Neina, Adrienne Martin, Phil Franks, Joseph Tobias, Nathalie Seddon, Elizabeth Robinson, Moses Osiru, Tim Newbold
Project flyer
Increasing agricultural production to meet rapidly growing demand for food – a 150 per cent increase by 2050 – while safeguarding vital ecosystem services and promoting social equality, lies at the heart of sustainable development.
Over four years (2017-2021), SENTINEL aims to understand the challenges, trade-offs and synergies inherent in working towards these development goals in sub-Saharan Africa.
That knowledge will help governments and policy makers to make better-informed decisions about land use and agricultural practices so that food security can be improved without losing precious biodiversity and without worsening social inequality.
Publication information
- IIED code: G04182
- Published: Oct 2017 - IIED
- Area: Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, UK
- Themes: Food and agriculture, Biodiversity
- Language:
English
Project information
In sub-Saharan Africa, achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of 'zero hunger' (SDG2), while reducing inequalities (SDG10) and conserving ecosystems (SDG15), is a big challenge. A new IIED-led research project aims to develop knowledge, relationships and research capacities to address this task.
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Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture