Artificial Intelligence in African Agriculture : Continental Perspectives on Transformation

This book highlights the potential of AI to transform Africa’s food systems that are in crisis and make them serve as the regional basis for socio-economic development.

This book highlights the potential of AI to transform Africa’s food systems that are in crisis and make them serve as the regional basis for socio-economic development. Underpinned by sustainability, sociological, and political economy approaches, this multidisciplinary book shows that AI integration can help respond to the diverse bottlenecks within regional food systems, including limited access to financing and technology, high post-harvest losses, and, in some regions, conflict. The book comprises the voices of different scholars on how AI can be harnessed to transform food systems towards a sustainable direction. It also comprises conceptual, theoretical, and empirical contributions that provide foundational insights into the underpinnings of AI in African food systems, their challenges and opportunities for development, resilience, recovery following shocks, and prospects for sustainable transformation using AI-driven solutions. The book is written for academic and policy readers, as well as those interested in food security. It also offers valuable insights for courses on food politics, food systems, agroecology, and sustainable development.