Picture a child born today in Dol Dol, Laikipia County, or any other village in Africa. By 2050, she will be part of a world with nearly 10 billion people.
Her parents may imagine a future filled with dazzling technologies—flying autonomous vehicles, brain-computer interfaces, smart robots, and even colonies on Mars. They may be right. But how often do they pause to ask a simpler, more urgent question: Will she have enough food on her plate?