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By reusing inputs and avoiding continued depletion of land and water resources, the approach helps shift a wasteful linear food economy toward a sustainable circular model. It also highlights benefits for African and conflict-affected settings, including job creation, livelihood diversification, and improved nutrition.","A G R I C U LT U R E A N D F O O D S E R I E S  \nAuthorized  \nub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Author ized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure  \nInsect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa  \nThe New Circular Food Economy  \nDorteVerner, Nanna Roos,  \nAfton Halloran, Glenn Surabian, Edinaldo Tebaldi, Maximillian Ashwill, Saleema Vellani, andYasuo Konishi  \nInterestingly, some relief from today’s woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths.  \nDifferent forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society’s agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet’s land and water resources, thereby converting the world’s wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy.  \nAs the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrition, and provide many other benefits in African and fragile, conflict-affected countries.Together with other investments in climatesmart agriculture, such as trees on farms, alternate wetting and drying rice systems, conservation agriculture, and sustainable livestock, these technologies are part of a promising menu of solutions that can help countries move their land, food, water, and agriculture systems toward greater sustainability and reduced emissions. This is a key consideration as the World Bank renewsits commitment to support countries’ climate action plans.  \nThis book is the World Bank’s first attempt to look at insect and hydroponic farming as possible solutions to the world’s climate and food and nutrition security crisis and may represent a new chapter in the organization’s evolving efforts to help feed and sustain the planet. We hope the book will ignite further discussions and inspire concrete actions toward fully capturing the vast opportunities provided by insect and hydroponic farming as part of revamped, high-performing food systems that provide healthy and sustainable diets for all.  \nINSECT AND HYDROPONIC FARMING IN AFRICA  \nAGRICULTURE AND FOOD SERIES  \nA strong food and agriculture system is fundamental to economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, and human health. The Agriculture and Food Series is intended to prompt public discussion and inform policies that will deliver higher incomes, reduce hunger, improve sustainability, and generate better health and nutrition from the food we grow and eat. It expands on the former Agriculture and Rural Development series by considering issues from farm to fork, in both rural and urban settings. Titles in this series undergo internal and external review under the management of the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice.  \nTitles in this series  \nInsect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy (2021) What’s Cooking: Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System (2021)  \nThe Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (2019) The Land Governance Assessment Framework: Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector (2011)  \nRising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits? (2011)  \nGender and Governance in Rural Services: Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia (2010)  \nBioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural Resource Management (2009) Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture: A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications (2","cbCaidFK5O820p4g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidFK5O820p4g","pdf",25531927,1,283,"English","en",105,"# Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa\n## From Linear to Circular Food Economies\n## Waste Reuse for Nutrition and Animal Feed\n## Sustainability Benefits for Land, Water, and Emissions\n## Job Creation, Livelihood Diversification, and Nutrition\n## Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions and World Bank Context","[{\"question\":\"Why does the report focus on insect farming and hydroponic agriculture in Africa?\",\"answer\":\"It presents insect farming and hydroponics as complementary, frontier agricultural technologies that can strengthen food and nutrition systems while supporting 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