December 30, 2015 By: Khalid Abu Ismail- Chief of Economic Policy Section at UN ESCWA Share URL While hunger was on the rise in the Arab region (see figures below); Is there an issue in reporting data or measurement approach in explaining the mis-match? One would have thought that the Arab spring, given its widespread regional impact […]
Civil War Triggers More Food Insecurity in Yemen
April 08, 2015 By: Summary of FAO’s Food Security Information System Project Update on Yemen (March 2015) - by Jacopo Bordignon Share URL There are now more hungry and poor people in Yemen as civil conflict spreads to further regions of the country. According to the most recent update of the FAO Food Security Information System Project […]
