Based on field visits, structured interviews, and reviews of the literature and secondary data, we examine major challenges facing the leather and date clusters in Tunisia. The challenges vary greatly between the clusters. The leather and footwear industry faces a decline in external demand
IFPRI’s Director General Wins AAEA for Superior Communications
Jo Swinnen was awarded the Quality of Communications Award for the book COVID-19 and Global Food Security and the blog posts, events, and distribution channels used to disseminate it.
Knowledge and Marketing ICT Based Networks are Key to Small Holder Farmers’ Inclusion in their Ecosystem in MENA
November 06, 2015 By: J. Dorra Fiani, Managing Partner - Fiani Advisory, and President - Knowledge Economy Foundation Share URL The distortions created by the traders and the absence of performance of the agriculture cooperatives in most of the MENA countries have resulted in both the increasing isolation of small holder farmers as well as the […]
AFED’s 7th Annual Conference Recommendations: Food Security Supports Political Stability
December 12, 2014 By: Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) On December 12th, The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) released the recommendations of its seventh annual conference held in Amman, which addressed food security in Arab countries. The recommendations were finalized by a high-level committee of experts and officials who participated in the conference. In […]
