December 02, 2015 By: Nadim Khouri, Independent Researcher - The World Bank Share URL Arab leaders and their representatives at the recent UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York were part of the global consensus to ensure that every person will be food secure “year round” by 2030. Food Security is Goal 2 of the […]
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Is There an Alternative to Land Expansion for Food Security in Egypt?
November 18, 2015 By: François Molle, IWMI/IRD Share URL Egypt is, perhaps, a unique example of a country where agriculture in general and food production and security in particular, are totally synonymous with water. The Nile river provides 96% of the country’s water resources and population is concentrated in areas where both urban settlements and irrigated […]
Knowledge and Marketing ICT Based Networks are Key to Small Holder Farmers’ Inclusion in their Ecosystem in MENA
November 06, 2015 By: J. Dorra Fiani, Managing Partner - Fiani Advisory, and President - Knowledge Economy Foundation Share URL The distortions created by the traders and the absence of performance of the agriculture cooperatives in most of the MENA countries have resulted in both the increasing isolation of small holder farmers as well as the […]
The Refugee Crisis: Europe is the Tip and the Arab Countries are the Iceberg
October 21, 2015 By: Clemens Bresinger (Sr. Research Fellow - IFPRI) and Jean-Francois Maystadt (Sr. Lecturer - Lancaster University) Share URL Despite the huge attention that the hundreds of thousands of refugees crossing the European borders is attracting, the overwhelming majority of refugees is still hosted by developing countries. In fact, all Arab countries combined hosted […]
Regional Consultation on the Middle East and North Africa Held as Part of the Event on ‘Rural Regions’ at MilanExpo
October 14, 2015 By: Cross posted from the GCARD3 Website Share URL The Global Conference on Agricultural Research and Development (GCARD3) took the opportunity of the event ‘Rural communities, No longer left behind: Rural and regional development in the South and North Mediterranean and the new Neighborhood Policy’ held October 4-6, 2015 in the ExpoMilan to […]
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