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 […]
How Egypt helps the food insecure
May 04, 2016 By: Racha Ramadan, Assistant professor at Faculty of Economics and Political Science- Cairo University Share URL As a Low Income Food Deficit Country (LIFDC), food security is an important challenge for Egypt, with 17.2% of the Egyptians suffering from food insecurity in 2011 and 5% undernourished during the period from 2008 to 2015 Egypt suffers from […]
Rethinking Food Subsidy in Jordan…
January 27, 2016 By: Professor, Mahmud Duwayri - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan- Amman, Jordan Share URL The annual cost of bread subsidy in Jordan is estimated at 154 million Jordan Dinars, equivalent to 225 million US dollars, according to a statement by the Minister of Industry and Trade at the Parliament’s Finance Committee meeting […]
