December 12, 2014 By: Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) On December 12th, The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) released the recommendations of its seventh annual conference held in Amman, which addressed food security in Arab countries. The recommendations were finalized by a high-level committee of experts and officials who participated in the conference. In […]
Changing Dietary Habits, a Necessity Not a Choice
November 24, 2014 By: Najib Saab, Secretary General - AFED Arab countries have been largely unsuccessful in dealing with the challenges of their limited natural resources. Falling agricultural production is attributed mainly to inappropriate policies, meager investments in science and technology, poor agricultural development and the absence of regional cooperation. Arab countries import half of their […]
Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security
November 12, 2014 By: IFPRI In recent years, many people and parts of the world have been hit by major shocks ranging from conflicts, erratic weather patterns, earthquakes, droughts, and floods to food price spikes. At the same time, poor people and communities remain vulnerable to shocks that may be smaller in scope—such as emerging diseases […]
Introducing Yemen Spatial
July 02, 2014 By: Jean Francois Trinh Tan Cross-posted from IFPRI Website A tool to help the country reach its food security goals Yemen ranks among the ten most food-insecure countries globally and has child malnutrition rates of nearly sixty percent, the highest in the Arab World. These two figures underscore the country’s future social and economic […]
Pioneering Online Tool Targets Improved Decision Making in Iraq
March 25, 2014 By: IFPRI The following story was originally published on the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) website. ICARDA is a member of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, supported by the CGIAR Fund. Without access to accurate and comprehensive data, decision makers and researchers struggle to develop appropriate policy agendas […]
