You can do that in two ways: Reduce cost of food by two thirds or double their income. Both of these feats would be incredible. So yeah, if we could do incredi

You can do that in two ways: Reduce cost of food by two thirds or double their income. Both of these feats would be incredible. So yeah, if we could do incredible things, that would be amazing. Let's get back to reality though: Food prices are more or less set by international markets. African farmers can't compete with other countries, because they work so inefficiently. Making more people work as farmers doesn't change that. That's the reason why Africans import so much food. It's actually cheaper. You don't need more people working as farmers, you would need automation to be competitive, but then less people are actually employed. Even then, this wouldn't lower food prices below market price, because those farmers can now export instead of serving the domestic market.