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The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted. With the withdrawal of the United States from major international agreements, Britain's “Brexit,” and rising anti-immigration rhetoric in many countries, the world began to step away from decades of global integration that have yielded unprecedented reductions in poverty and malnutrition.
Building Capacity in Times of Conflict: Yemeni Experts Get Hands-On Training for Food Security and Nutrition
Rachel Bahn and Hagar El-Didi - American University of Beirut | IFPRI Egypt
A group of 9 Yemeni experts affiliated with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) traveled from Sana’a to Beirut, Lebanon to participate in targeted training on food security and nutrition from March 5-9, 2018. The training was delivered by a joint team from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Leveraging Social Protection Policies and Programs for Promoting Healthy Diets and Improving Nutrition
Jose Luis (IFPRI Egypt) On December 11th, 2017 IFPRI organized a session as part of FAO-WHO-WFP Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition. The session (see agenda) aimed at discussing the potential of social protection policies and programs (SPP) to improve nutrition and promote healthy diets in the NENA region. […]
Put Food Security and Nutrition in the Middle East and North Africa at the Heart of Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals!
August 30, 2017 By: Gerda Verburg, Assistant UN Secretary-General and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Coordinator Share URL Making sure no woman, man or child goes hungry has, for decades, been one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Although many solutions have been found in various corners of the world – including across the Middle East and North […]
The Poor Quality of Egypt’s Food Is a Crisis
July 14, 2016 By: Dr. Susan Robertson Agricultural Economist, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture - ICBA Share URL Egypt has low rates of food insecurity when compared to other low and middle income countries. Under 5 percent of the population are considered undernourished according to the FAO’s 2015 report on food security. In fact, the FAO reports that […]
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