PwC research shows food crisis impact

A new report details how the looming food crisis will affect Africa, writes Jyothi Laldas.

- Jyothi Laldas

A recent report following PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Megatrends research has detailed how Africa, along with the rest of the world, is facing a food crisis. The report, ‘The sustainable food revolution: Future-proofing the world’s food supply’, considers several levers that the food industry can use to meet the expected future demand for nutrition in a sustainable way without significantly increasing food prices. These include the avoidance of food losses in the supply chain, cleaner or greener methods of food production, and food substitutions at consumption level.

According to PwC, food shortages, caused by supply chain disruptions emanating from various events across the world, such as COVID-19 and the Ukraine-Russia conflict, have amplified long-term challenges to the sustainability of global food production These include population growth, climate change and increased reliance on resource-intensive farming. Andrew Dale, PwC Africa assurance partner, said facts and figures had increasingly highlighted this crisis, which called for an urgent change in global food production and distribution.