July 16, 2017 By: Derek Byerlee, Editor-in-Chief, Global Food Security; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; and Visiting Fellow, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University Share URL Almost everybody involved in agricultural development and food security knows of Norman Borlaug, father of the green revolution and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Yet […]
Changing Dietary Habits, a Necessity Not a Choice
November 24, 2014 By: Najib Saab, Secretary General - AFED Arab countries have been largely unsuccessful in dealing with the challenges of their limited natural resources. Falling agricultural production is attributed mainly to inappropriate policies, meager investments in science and technology, poor agricultural development and the absence of regional cooperation. Arab countries import half of their […]
