December 07, 2016 By: Farah Abi Mosleh, Research Assistant at the American University of Beirut Share URL The following remarks were presented by Farah Abi Mosleh, Research Assistant at the American University of Beirut - during the Launch of the Lebanon Spatial project at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (FAFS) 150th conference that took place during […]
Data for Policy and Investment Decisions: Lessons from recent efforts in data management for improved food security
November 09, 2016 By: Fatma Mahfouz, IFPRI Egypt Share URL In the recent Committee on World Food Security (CFS-43) a collaborative side event under the title “Data for Policy and Investment Decisions: Lessons from recent efforts in data management for improved food security” funded by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (CGIAR-PIM) and the Food and Agriculture […]
From Urban Agriculture to City Region Food Systems
October 06, 2016 By: Joe Nasr, Associate, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Share URL Ancient cities were established, organically, where food production and distribution systems were sustainable. Much later, when the discipline of urban planning first started to emerge, it had a strong interest in food systems as they connect to cities and […]
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
July 28, 2016 By: Jeehan Abdul Ghaffar, Sr. Advisor to WBG Executive Director & MNA Regional Rep of GAFSP Steering Committee Share URL As a young girl growing up in Yemen, I became aware of what I perceived as a contradiction: the food going to villages are much more than the food coming back from the […]
Food policy developments in the MENA region and future outlook
June 06, 2016 By: Hagar El-Didi, IFPRI-Egypt Share URL The recently published 2016 Global Food Policy Report highlights how the convulsions in the Arab region have contributed to curbing progress in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)–impeding regional food security and threatening achievement of the newly proposed SDGs. Turbulent economic-political environments Intensified armed conflicts in the Middle East […]
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