Sub-Saharan Africa may well become world’s solution to agriculture land shortages, BMI says

Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the world’s most important future sources of agriculture supply growth, with the region holding about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. According to research agency BMI, sub-Saharan Africa has robust acreage potential, with an estimated expansion potential of about 200-million hectares; however, substantial productivity gaps remain within existing farmland – yields are often well below global averages for key crops such as rice and other grains.

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