Climate change and Food security: Implications for Sustainable Development in SANE African Countries

The sustainability of any society is undeniably linked to food security. Despite most Africans engaging in agricultural activities, the continent's unpredictable weather has left many of them food insecure. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the impact of climate change on food security in SANE (South Africa, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt) countries over the period from 2012 to 2023. The data were sourced from the World Development Indicator (WDI), the Food and Agricultural Organization data bank (FAO). The study used the framework of panel fixed effect model to reveal that both carbon dioxide emission and average precipitation rate had negative impact on food production index but their impact is not significant. The study equally reveal that employment in agriculture and agricultural raw material import impacted positively on food production index but without a significant outcome, while food import had a negative and significant impact. Consequently, the study recommends that the countries in this bloc should implement policies meant to mitigate the threat posed by climate change, while food import should be encouraged as a short-term measure to boost the shortfall in local supply. In the long-run, the objective should be to improve local food production using several measures.