Relief has changed in time for Africa’s worst food shortage in 80 years. Agya Afari in Dodowa, Ghana, turns the corn and cassava dough in a pan perched on a coal pot as his middle child fans the coals. Nearby, his wife, Yaa Manu, grinds pepper, tomato, and onion to make a sauce for supper. The only form of protein, two boiled eggs, is traditionally reserved for the adults in the household. “This has become a way of life for us lately— banku and boiled eggs with ground pepper,” Afari laments in Twi. “Limited work in this current economy, increasing prices, and a pest invasion on our farm means my family and I have been struggling to make ends meet. One daily meal that satisfies everyone is impossible,” he adds. This may seem like a timeless story of food insecurity. But Afari’s family is affected by the most widespread global hunger crisis on record . In the past couple of years, the need for food aid has more than doubled, with the World Food Program estimating that today 345 mil...
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