By Hagar ElDidi, Jose Luis Figueroa and Mariam Raouf MAP Egypt: A tool for improving policy and investment decisions Monitoring the progress of agricultural projects is key for effective policy design and decision making. What types of agricultural projects are currently underway in Egypt? Where are they? Who is funding them? How many people are […]
IFPRI Egypt Seminar: Economic Development, Nutrition, and Social Safety Net Reforms in Egypt
February 28th, 2017 Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Nile Ballroom - Conrad Hotel | 1191 Nile Corniche, Cairo/Egypt The Seminar Series provides a platform for all people striving to identify and implement evidence-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. The series is part of the United States Agency for […]
News: Agricultural transformation and agribusiness opportunities – A way forward for development in Egypt
Hagar ElDidi (IFPRI-Egypt) & Alejandro Nin-Pratt (IFPRI) Economic transformation is the reallocation of economic activity across the three broad sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, and services) that accompanies the process of modern economic growth. As labor and other resources move from agriculture into more productive activities, overall productivity rises and incomes expand. The process of economic transformation […]
News: Making Egypt’s Agriculture More Nutrition-Sensitive and Evaluating Nutritional Impact
By: Hoda El-Enbaby, Olivier Ecker and Jef Leroy Maximizing agriculture’s contribution to improving rural household income and food security has been the main goal of many development programs and policies in developing countries for decades. More recently, interventions in agriculture have increasingly aimed at achieving additional development outcomes such as improving nutrition and health among […]
IFPRI Egypt Seminar: The Role of Agriculture and Agri-business for Accelerating Economic Transformation in MENA
Register Now for the IFPRI Egypt Seminar on "The Role of Agriculture and Agri-business for Accelerating Economic Transformation in MENA – With Case Studies for Egypt & Tunisia"
this seminar will examine the role of agriculture and related agri-businesses for transformation and development in MENA, with emphasis on Egypt and Tunisia. Specifically, the seminar will provide answers to the following questions: What role does agriculture and agro-industries play for MENA countries’ economies, employment, and poverty and how have their roles changed? What is the role of agriculture and agro-industries for local development, household incomes and poverty reduction? Going forward - what are the opportunities, challenges and policy options to enhance the role agriculture and agri-business for development?
