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Elena Hildebrandt, Communications Intern, IFPRI
Agricultural production and economic development are often neglected in policy discussions about the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Since the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2010, attention has primarily focused on political transitions, instability, and the resulting refugee crisis.
Jozimo Santos Rocha, Regional Agro-Industry Officer, FAO
Sustainable industrialization is well recognized to play an essential role to accelerate economic growth and social development. It reallocates labor and other resources from labor-intensive and less productive activities towards more capital- and technology-intensive ones, and offers great opportunities for developing countries to add more value locally by entering the downstream end of global value chains (GVC).
Egypt SSP is a joint program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
