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Established in 2014 and managed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Arab Food and Nutrition Security (AFNS) Blog seeks to disseminate policy-relevant discussions and insights from experts working on food and nutrition security in the MENA region.
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Dr. Mari Luomi - Senior Research Fellow, Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Sustainable Development Goals Centre of Excellence for the Arab Region (SDGCAR)
The 22 Arab countries are probably the most diverse region in the world measured by any socioeconomic indicator. The group includes six Least Developed Countries, which have a per capita gross national income of less than a thousand US dollars, and the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which are classified as high-income countries. [...]
Lina Abdelfattah – IFPRI
This is a summary of a regional program policy note published by IFPRI titled “Yemen: Economy-wide impact of conflict and alternative scenarios for recovery”. [...]
Bassel Daher, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Texas A&M Energy Institute
Research Fellow, Institute for Science Technology & Public Policy, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University
The grand challenges our world faces today - including growing water, energy, and food insecurities - are complex and tightly interconnected. Addressing them requires working across disciplines to develop innovative and multifaceted solutions that respond to their social, economic, technological, and policy dimensions. [...]
Aula Ali - IFPRI Egypt office intern
Habiba Hassan Wassef - Health and Nutrition Policy in Sustainable Development Researcher, National Research Center
Sahar Zaghloul - Vice President, National Nutrition Committee
Clemens Breisinger - IFPRI Egypt Country Program Leader
What are the recommended actions for supporting the 100 million Healthy Lives initiative: based on the existing data and research and on experts and policy makers that attended the joint IFPRI Egypt - NNC seminars, the following actions are recommended: [...]
Katarlah Taylor - IFPRI Senior Events Specialist
The war in Yemen is an ongoing disaster for its people. Over 80% of the population currently requires humanitarian or protection assistance, making it the worst such crisis in the world, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. With two thirds of all districts experiencing pre-famine conditions, and 20 million people food-insecure, the question of how best to deliver food assistance is paramount. A Sept. 5 IFPRI seminar explored [...]
Egypt SSP is a joint program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
