October 06, 2016 By: Joe Nasr, Associate, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Share URL Ancient cities were established, organically, where food production and distribution systems were sustainable. Much later, when the discipline of urban planning first started to emerge, it had a strong interest in food systems as they connect to cities and […]
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.
The opinions or views contained in the AFNS Blog do not represent those of , CGIAR, , IFPRI, it's employees, agents, or affiliates.
Building datasets as the basis for sound policy making in Egypt: the case of CAPMAS-IFPRI collaboration
September 15, 2016 By: Perrihan Al-Riffai, Sr. Research Analyst, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI. Share URL Many people in Egypt these days think about the best ways for getting the economy back on track, how to create jobs and how to cushion the inevitable side-effects of the exchange rate devaluation, value added taxes, subsidies and […]
Lessons Learned and a Look in to the Future
August 13, 2016 By: Adel Beshai Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies at the American University in Cairo (AUC) Share URL The following thoughts from Dr. Adel Beshai were collected through an interview earlier this year My interest in agriculture rose just over 40 years ago when in 1974 I was assistant to the […]
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
July 28, 2016 By: Jeehan Abdul Ghaffar, Sr. Advisor to WBG Executive Director & MNA Regional Rep of GAFSP Steering Committee Share URL As a young girl growing up in Yemen, I became aware of what I perceived as a contradiction: the food going to villages are much more than the food coming back from the […]
The Poor Quality of Egypt’s Food Is a Crisis
July 14, 2016 By: Dr. Susan Robertson Agricultural Economist, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture - ICBA Share URL Egypt has low rates of food insecurity when compared to other low and middle income countries. Under 5 percent of the population are considered undernourished according to the FAO’s 2015 report on food security. In fact, the FAO reports that […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- …
- 39
- Next Page »
