June 01, 2016 By: The Sustainable Development Policies Division (SDPD) Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Share URL In 2013, a study on green agricultural value chains by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA in collaboration with GIZ called for the harmonization of practices for Arab food products for both the domestic and export markets. In […]
How Egypt helps the food insecure
May 04, 2016 By: Racha Ramadan, Assistant professor at Faculty of Economics and Political Science- Cairo University Share URL As a Low Income Food Deficit Country (LIFDC), food security is an important challenge for Egypt, with 17.2% of the Egyptians suffering from food insecurity in 2011 and 5% undernourished during the period from 2008 to 2015 Egypt suffers from […]
No Peace, No Sustainable Development: A Vicious Cycle that We Can Break
April 20, 2016 By: Khalida Bouzar, Director of the Division of Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Share URL The following text was published originally in the UN Chronicle, Implementing the 2030 Agenda: The Challenge of Conflict, April 2016. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have an intrinsic […]
Nexus Mainstreaming for Cooperation and Peace in the Mena Region
April 06, 2016 By: Dr. Holger Hoff Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Share URL The MENA region is on a non-sustainable trajectory. It is quickly running out of natural resources such as water and arable land, using its resources inefficiently (often associated with high consumption rates and fractions of waste, […]
Arab Civil Society Winning Battles in International Fora
March 24, 2016 By: Mariam Al Jaajaa, General Manager of The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature Share URL The Rome-based Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental body that reviews and follows up on food security and nutrition policies. As part of its reform process which took place in 2009, […]
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