The document discusses sustainable intensification as a new paradigm for African agriculture that focuses on producing more outputs from the same or less land through efficient use of inputs while minimizing environmental damage. It provides examples of sustainable intensification practices being used in Africa like microdosing fertilizers in West Africa, the zai system of soil and water conservation in Burkina Faso, agroforestry with home gardens and Faidherbia trees, and new crop varieties like NERICA rice and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also describes the Faso Jigi marketing cooperative in Mali that helps smallholders access markets. The document recommends policies and investments that combine intensification with sustainable solutions, support for research and scaling up technologies, and
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