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Africa’s population is growing at an unprecedented rate, with an annual increase of 2.4%. The continent’s population is expected to double from its current 1.5 billion by 2050, placing immense pressure on food systems already struggling to meet demand. Currently, about 67% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population, or approximately 464 million people, live in extreme poverty, earning less than US$1.90 per day, with 63% of the region’s poor living in rural areas and depending on agriculture for their livelihoods (World Bank, 2024). Without urgent adaptation measures, climate change could push an additional 49.7 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty by 2030, more than in any other region of the world.