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Mariam Raouf - IFPRI Egypt
In the context of the Agricultural (Arab) Investment Development Analyzer (AIDA) project, IFPRI is collaborating with the Institut Tunisien de la Competitivité et Etudes Quantitatives (ITCEQ) and Société MEDEVA to jointly construct a new regionalized social accounting matrix (SAM) for Tunisia by conducting a series of training sessions.
Dorte Verner - Lead Agriculture Economist, World Bank
Findings from three new World Bank reports provide a strong reminder to build resilience to extreme weather events. Climate change, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other recurrent climate events are making already water-scarce countries in the Middle East and North Africa more vulnerable. Adverse climatic impacts on agriculture – including on wheat and other rainfed crops that are vital for food security -- is a growing liability for Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, with projected impacts on household and national economies.
Mai Mahmoud, Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI-Egypt
Prioritization of rural investments is crucial for ensuring inclusive growth, sustainable development and food security. The Arab (Agricultural) Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA) project develops an economic planning tool that will help governments and analysts in the design of evidence-based agricultural investment plans.
AIDA is a three-year project (2017-2020) that is funded by IFAD, with co-financing from CGIAR-PIM, and implemented by IFPRI and its partners with focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia.
January 13, 2016 By: Mohamed Chemingui- Senior economist and chief of Regional Integration UN-ESCWA Share URL Water constitutes the main constraining factor of agricultural development in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries and particularly in Tunisia and Morocco. The two countries are among the countries where the pressure on water resources is strong with an index of exploitation […]
March 25, 2015 By: Danielle Resnick, Research Fellow – Development Governance and Strategy Division, IFPRI Since many pro-poor reforms have redistributive consequences, they typically generate perceived winners and losers. Consequently, reform processes are quickly derailed when powerful stakeholders with the most to lose oppose such reforms and mobilize protests aimed at undermining government legitimacy. This traditional […]
Egypt SSP is a joint program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
