June 28, 2017 By: Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Share URL There is nothing more painful, debilitating and cruel than a child suffering from malnutrition. I have met far too many malnourished children - from tiny babies whose bones protrude through their skin to toddlers who are stunted because […]
Climate Change Implications for Food-Importing Countries
May 22, 2017 By: Bill Dougherty, President, Climate Change Research Group Share URL International food trade plays a vital role in food security. It has the effect of balancing deficits of net food importers with surpluses of net food exporters in the context of the many interconnections between economic, social, political and health-related systems – at […]
How Policies Can Make Rural Transformation More Inclusive and Better Contribute to Food Security and Nutrition: the Work of the Committee on World Food Security
April 03, 2017 By: Her Excellency Amira Gornass, Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan to Italy Share URL More than 50% of the world’s population - around 3.9 billion people - live in urban areas, yet poverty is mostly rural. In fact, almost 80% of those living on less than US$2 per day live in rural areas and […]
Role of Poultry Meat and Egg production in Improving Food Security in The MENA Region
February 20, 2017 By: Nuhad J. Daghir, Dean Emeritus, A.U.B., Beirut, Lebanon Share URL The population of countries of the MENA region was over 480 million in 2015 and is expected to reach nearly 750 million by 2050. There is a steady rise in the demand for poultry meat (see Figure) and eggs with an average annual consumption growth […]
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 […]
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