March 23, 2015 By: IFPRI, MENA Chapter of the 2014/15 Global Food Policy Report - summarized by Jacopo Bordignon The chapter on the Middle East and North Africa recently published in IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report asserts that stability is crucial for policy reforms of MENA countries transitioning from extended social, political, and economic turmoil. Key policy developments in the […]
Will Plummeting Oil Prices Bring Relief in Food Prices for Consumers in the MENA Region?
March 10, 2015 By: Imed Drine, Senior Economist - Islamic Development Bank The slump in oil prices continues to upend the global economy and experts believe that this is likely to last for several years. Oil prices dropped by about 50 percent from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the first month of 2015, the second […]
Promoting Independent Farmers’ Organizations in MENA
January 21, 2015 By: Hafez Ghanem, Senior Fellow - Brookings Institution Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is largely a rural phenomenon. Rural poverty in Mauritania and Morocco is about three times higher than urban poverty, while in Egypt and Tunisia it is twice as high. It is not surprising that the Arab […]
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 […]
Overcoming the Triple Burden of Malnutrition in the MENA Region
October 13, 2014 By: Shenggen Fan, Director General - IFPRI The triple burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of food insecurity, undernutrition, and overweight and obesity—is a growing challenge in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As recent IFPRI research shows, food insecurity is the key driver of conflicts in the region. Tackling the triple burden of malnutrition is […]
