From aid to agency: Why investing in refugee farmers makes climate and economic sense

Forced displacement is widely understood as a humanitarian crisis. It is, but this description is no longer sufficient. Displacement has become one of the defining development and economic challenges of our time.

Today, 86 percent of the world’s forcibly displaced people live not in wealthy nations, but in developing countries already facing fiscal constraints, fragile labour markets, and climate vulnerability. Nearly one fifth of displaced people reside in sub-Saharan Africa, with East Africa carrying a disproportionate burden.