February 25, 2018 By: Rima Al-Azar, Senior Natural Resources Officer, FAO Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that helps unlock sustainable solutions in agriculture sectors impacted by climate change to ensure food security and nutrition. Originally published in 2013, the Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook underwent a two-year revision process and on the Agriculture Action Day at the COP23, FAO […]
The Tamween Food Subsidy System in Egypt
January 29, 2018 By: Sherine Al-Shawarby, Vice Dean, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University Over the many upheavals and spells of stability, Egypt’s policy makers have persistently prioritized food subsidies in an effort to achieve social equity and political stability. The recently published World Bank book The 1.5 billion People Question: Food, Vouchers, or Cash? includes […]
What if We Could Bring Back Abandoned Irrigated Lands?
By: Andrew Noble, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre, Thailand Publicly owned and managed large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) dominate the Middle East, West and South Asian countries. LSIS globally comprise 130 million ha out of a total global irrigated area of 320 million ha, not an insignificant asset and investment. The estimated annual economic value with […]
What Does Food Have to do With Security?
December 18, 2017 By: Anders Jägerskog, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist at the World Bank, and Associate Professor in Peace and Development at Gothenburg University Food security may not seem a priority during current conflicts, but it is critical that the region seize opportunities to make better use of scarce water resources to address a longer-term […]
Climate Change Policy in MENA after Paris
December 10, 2017 By: Mustafa Babiker, Economist at the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran Share URL The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a diverse region characterized by fragile ecosystems and high dependency on hydrocarbon resources. This makes the region vulnerable to both the physical effects of climate change and the socioeconomic effects of measures […]
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