The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted two exciting consecutive launches on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The first session was the launch of the IFPRI 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon and the second was the soft launch of the World Bank Group (WBG) DigitalAG4MENA Competition.
Food Policy Dialogue Is a Critical Step in Advancing Food and Nutrition Security
Rachel Bahn and Sibelle El Labban, American University of Beirut
Fatma Abdelaziz, IFPRI
A robust dialogue on food policy that involves multiple stakeholders is critical to advancing food and nutrition security. This message was made abundantly clear through a launch event for IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), held at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on July 3, 2018.
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 […]
