Monday, April 19th, 2021
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm (Cairo Local Time)
Water scarcity remains a key challenge for agricultural development in the MENA region, including Egypt. Scarcity is rapidly growing as a result of [...]
HAPPENING SOON! UNFSS Independent Dialogue in Egypt: “The Role of Water Security for Food Systems Transformation” 19 Apr, 2021
Co-Organized by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA) Monday, April 19th, 2021 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm (Cairo Local Time) Water scarcity remains a key challenge for agricultural development in the MENA region, including Egypt. Scarcity is rapidly growing […]
Challenges of Food Security shortages, Spread of diseases and Corona epidemics in Yemen
Dr. Abdul Wahed Othman Mukred - Head of Food Security Technical Secretariat, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen suffers from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world since the conflict began in March 2015. The number of people in need of food reached about 24.3 million people, equivalent to more than 80% of the total population. Projections indicate that about 20.1 million people need interventions during the period June-December 2020 while about 10 million individuals suffer from acute food insecurity [...]
Marginal Water Use is a Serious Option for Food Production in Dry Arab States
Mohammad Al-Saidi, PhD - Research Assistant Professor, Center for Sustainable Development, Qatar University
If you open a map showing land topographies around the world, the Middle East is deprived of the green color throughout. The region is extremely dry, mostly hyper-arid with low levels of rainfall and water flow. There are some exceptions such as in Sudan, coastal areas or riverbed and deltas. Indeed, supplying growing populations with enough food is a major future challenge, which has so far been met through increased food imports. Arab states have been replacing local water scarcities through virtual water. [...]
Tracking Progress in the Arab Region on the Global Goals
Dr. Mari Luomi - Senior Research Fellow, Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Sustainable Development Goals Centre of Excellence for the Arab Region (SDGCAR)
The 22 Arab countries are probably the most diverse region in the world measured by any socioeconomic indicator. The group includes six Least Developed Countries, which have a per capita gross national income of less than a thousand US dollars, and the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which are classified as high-income countries. [...]
