[World Bank] Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to underperform despite its vast potential, as production struggles to keep up with population growth, primarily driven by unsustainable land expansion rather than productivity gains. For example, in Kenya, maize yields have stagnated at around 1.5 ton per hectare since the 1990s, compared with 3.6 tons in India and 6.4 tons in China in 2022.
