November 10, 2012 By: IFPRI Experts at recent IFPRI Policy Seminar examine challenges ahead In the aftermath of the “Arab Spring”—a series of demonstrations, protests, and wars that swept through the Arab world during 2010-2011 and toppled several governments in the region—many researchers identified rising food prices and the resulting food insecurity as underlying causes. Yet […]
Food Security and the Arab Awakening
August 29, 2012 By: IFPRI IFPRI Experts Discuss Food Security-Conflict Link Cross-posted from IFPRI Website The roots of the “Arab Awakening” run deep. Several factors—political, economic, and sociological—led to the popular uprisings that erupted throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa this decade. Key among these factors was high and volatile food prices. A group of IFPRI researchers […]
