November 04, 2014 By: Moez El Shohdi, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - The Egyptian Food Bank A recent FAO study showed that roughly more than one-third of food is lost or wasted globally. Reducing high food loss and waste would end hunger and achieve worldwide food security in the long-run. In some regions—such as in the Arab […]
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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The Region Will be Unable to Halve Hunger by 2015
October 21, 2014 By: Abdessalam OuldAhmed, Assistant Director General and Regional Representative - FAORNE Collective action is needed to address the food security challenge in the Near East and North Africa Region (NENA). The State of Food Insecurity 2014 report that has just been released by the three UN Rome-based agencies, shows that, in contrast with […]
Going Regional for Food Security
October 13, 2014 By: Nadim Khouri, Deputy Executive Secretary – UN ESCWA Subsidiarity. Subsidiarity is the principle that allocates decision-making responsibilities to the individuals or entities that are primarily affected by these decisions. Decisions are only “bumped up” to the larger community level, territorial level, national level, regional, or even global level, if they cannot be […]
Overcoming the Triple Burden of Malnutrition in the MENA Region
October 13, 2014 By: Shenggen Fan, Director General - IFPRI The triple burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of food insecurity, undernutrition, and overweight and obesity—is a growing challenge in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As recent IFPRI research shows, food insecurity is the key driver of conflicts in the region. Tackling the triple burden of malnutrition is […]
The Fight Against Hunger Cannot Be Won Alone
October 13, 2014 By: Gerda Verburg — CFS Chair and Ambassador of the Netherlands to the UN’s Rome-based Agencies With 805 million people worldwide estimated to be chronically hungry in 2012-2014, food insecurity and malnutrition in the world remains everybody’s problem. Gathering stakeholders to work together at national and regional levels can offer opportunities for the […]
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