Food Insecurity And Revolution In The Middle East And North Africa

Author : Habib Ayeb,Ray Bush
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785270888

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Food Insecurity and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa by Habib Ayeb,Ray Bush Pdf

‘Food Insecurity and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa’ studies the political economy of agrarian transformation in the eponymous regions. Examining Egypt and Tunisia in detail as case studies, it critiques the dominant tropes of food security offered by the international financial institutions and promotes the importance of small-scale family farming in developing sustainable food sovereignty. Egypt and Tunisia are located in the context of the broader Middle East and broader processes of war, environmental transformation and economic reform. The book contributes to uncovering the historical backdrop and contemporary pressures in the Middle East and North Africa for the uprisings of 2010 and 2011. It also explores the continued failure of post-uprising counter-revolutionary governments to directly address issues of rural development that put the position and role of small farmers centre stage.

Author : Roberta Gatti,Bo Pieter Johannes Andree,Hoda Assem,Federico Bennett,Asif Islam,Daniel Lederman,Rana Lotfi,Mennatallah Mousa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1407086916

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Altered Destinies by Roberta Gatti,Bo Pieter Johannes Andree,Hoda Assem,Federico Bennett,Asif Islam,Daniel Lederman,Rana Lotfi,Mennatallah Mousa Pdf

Growth is forecasted to slow down for the Middle East and North Africa region. The war in Ukraine in 2022 exacerbated inflationary pressures as the world recovered from the COVID 19 pandemic-induced recession. The response by central banks to raise rates to curb inflation is slowing economic activity, while rising food prices are making it difficult for families to put meals on the table. Inflation, when it stems from food prices, hits the poor harder than the rich. Moreover, food insecurity in MENA has been rising over decades. The immediate effects of food insecurity can be a devastating loss of life, but even temporary increases in food prices can cause long-term irreversible damages, especially to children. The rise in food prices due to the war in Ukraine may have altered the destinies of thousands of children in the region, setting them on paths to limited prosperity. Food insecurity imposes challenges to a region where the state of child nutrition and health were inadequate before the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report discusses policy options and highlights the need for data to guide effective decision making.

Author : Hans Löfgren,Alan Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:253893302

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Food Security, Poverty, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa by Hans Löfgren,Alan Richards Pdf

Author : Chantal Le Mouël,Bertrand Schmitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9402415645

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Food Dependency in the Middle East and North Africa Region by Chantal Le Mouël,Bertrand Schmitt Pdf

This volume covers the Middle-Eastern and North African regions who are increasingly dependent on imports from abroad for covering their domestic food needs. Results of this study show that this import dependence is likely to increase further by 2050. Some sub-regions hardly reach sustainable levels; the Maghreb, Near and Middle-East could import 60 to 70% of their food needs. These results are indicative whatever the considered scenario, but especially if climate change impacts become more severe.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251096482

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Near East and North Africa: Regional Overview of Food Insecurity 2016 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Most countries in the Near East and North Africa saw a steady improvement in food security and nutrition up to the beginning of the decade. Food production was rising and undernourishment and poverty were receding. However, the situation has deteriorated since 2012, largely driven by increasing conflicts and protracted crises as well as water scarcity and climate change.

Author : Michael Schluter,Víctor Jorge Elías
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 089629045X

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Government Expenditures on Agriculture and Agricultural Growth in Latin America by Michael Schluter,Víctor Jorge Elías Pdf

Author : Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781802205633

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Handbook of Middle East Politics by Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

This Handbook uses a comprehensive study of political institutions, social movements and external pressures to offer nuanced study of politics in the Middle East. Foremost scholars on the Middle East examine key themes such as political change, regional rivalry and authoritarianism, making this collection very timely and relevant as an authoritative source.

Author : Harold Alderman,J. S. Sarma,Michel Petit,Nabil Khaldi,Prasān Trairatwor̨̄akun,Sudhir Wanmali,Víctor Jorge Elías
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 0896290468

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Evolving Food Gaps in the Middle East/North Africa by Harold Alderman,J. S. Sarma,Michel Petit,Nabil Khaldi,Prasān Trairatwor̨̄akun,Sudhir Wanmali,Víctor Jorge Elías Pdf

Author : Marvin G. Weinbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317411666

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Food, Development, and Politics in the Middle East by Marvin G. Weinbaum Pdf

As the reality of a food deficit emerged in the Middle East, rural society and the agricultural sector – once viewed as peripheral to national development – swiftly rose up the policy agendas of nearly every Middle East country. This book, first published in 1982, looks at the complex interrelationships of food production, development schemes and politics in those countries. Dr Weinbaum considers the origins, nature, scope and political dimensions of the potential food shortfall and explores how food deficits could lead to changed international relations among states in the Middle East. He specifically examines the physical and technological limitations to increased food production, then assesses the major social, economic and political hurdles in the way of agricultural development, the effects of – and pressures for – agrarian reform, the bureaucratic policymaking process, and the domestic impact of foreign assistance policies. He concludes with an examination of the linkage between food supply availability and political stability.

Author : Olubukola Oluranti Babalola,Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro,Omena Bernard Ojuederie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031096143

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Food Security and Safety Volume 2 by Olubukola Oluranti Babalola,Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro,Omena Bernard Ojuederie Pdf

Sustainable food production is a global challenge with respect to climate change and an ever-increasing world population. Conventional crop production using agrochemicals presents human health and environmental challenges. Rising concerns about environmental sustainability have increased attention toward improved, efficient, and sustainable means of crop production. Various strategies are employed in enhancing crop production to adapt and mitigate climate change and ensure food security. The future of food production relies on improving productivity without compromising long-term productivity and environmental sustainability. Feeding the ever-increasing world population would require concerted efforts by all stakeholders to combat the impact of climate change and numerous ecological challenges facing food production. Hence, innovative technologies and methods are indispensable in mitigating the effects on food security. The book looks at the current challenges and solutions, from an African perspective, regarding food safety and health management, food security and nutrition, climate change and sustainable food production, and forest resources and food security. The target audience is scientists, graduate students, researchers, academicians, and professionals in food production for sustainable development and ecosystem management. This book will also be helpful to policymakers and specialists in framing future feasible agro-ecosystem policies.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,International Fund for Agriculture Development ,United Nations International Children's Fund  ,World Food Programme ,World Health Organization ,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251344712

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Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,International Fund for Agriculture Development ,United Nations International Children's Fund  ,World Food Programme ,World Health Organization ,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia Pdf

This report examines data available prior to the Covid-19 pandemic that affected the region and the world in 2020. By 2019, the Arab Region was already off track to achieve hunger and nutrition-related SDG targets by 2030. In fact, after good progress during past decades, since 2015-17 the number of undernourished people in the region has been increasing steadily. In 2019, the number of hungry people stood at 51.4 million, or 12.2 percent of the region’s population. If such trends continue, even ignoring the potential impact of Covid-19, the number of undernourished in the region will exceed 75 million people by 2030.

Author : Malak S. Rouchdy,Iman A. Hamdy
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617978562

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The Food Question in the Middle East by Malak S. Rouchdy,Iman A. Hamdy Pdf

In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities. Contributors: Ellis Goldberg, Saker ElNour, Hala Barakat, Khaled Mansour, Malak S. Rouchdy, Habib Ayeb, Christian Handerson, Sara Pozzi, and Sara El-Sayed.

Author : Lere Amusan
Publisher : Ethics International Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781804410516

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Food Security and Food Sovereignty Challenges in Africa by Lere Amusan Pdf

This edited volume advances knowledge of food security and food sovereignty for students and researchers. The book analyses and interprets field data and interrogates relevant literature, which forms the basis for decisions on improving food security and sovereignty in Africa. It deepens an understanding of food fraud, and of multinational corporations’ (MNCs) manipulations of food quality to the detriment of consumers. It provides information to advance new knowledge on the issue of international interdependency of unequal exchange, and the inactions of governments against the dumping and waste of food.

Author : Stefano Pontiggia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793646859

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Revolutionary Tunisia by Stefano Pontiggia Pdf

In Revolutionary Tunisia: Inequality, Marginality, and Power, Stefano Pontiggia examines marginality and inequality in Tunisia through the stories of people living in Redeyef, a mining town in the Tunisian south that is well known for its militant past. Considering the ongoing formation of the post-revolutionary Tunisian state, Pontiggia explores the extent to which state-led institutions, local power relations, the social structure, and the dynamics of space production coincide to perpetuate inequality. Far from being a process of exclusion from wealth and development, Pontiggia asserts, marginality is instead synonymous with a gradual integration of territories and populations into a socio-territorial hierarchy that is rooted in the colonial experience. What emerges is a country whose revolution is characterized by change as much as continuity with the past.

Author : Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem,Michael O'Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000293852

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The Economics of Empire by Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem,Michael O'Sullivan Pdf

The Economics of Empire: Genealogies of Capital and the Colonial Encounter is a multidisciplinary intervention into postcolonial theory that constructs and theorizes a political economy of empire. This comprehensive collection traces the financial genealogies associated with the colonial enterprise, the strategies of economic precarity, the pedigrees of capital, and the narratives of exploitation that underlay and determined the course of modern history. One of the first attempts to take this approach in postcolonial studies, the book seeks to sketch the commensal relation—a symbiotic "phoresy"—between capitalism and colonialism, reading them as linked structures that carried and sustained each other through and across the modern era. The scholars represented here are all postcolonial critics working in a range of disciplines, including Political Science, Sociology, History, Peace and Conflict Studies, Legal Studies, and Literary Criticism, exploring the connections between empire and capital, and the historical and political implications of that structural hinge. Each author engages existing postcolonial and poststructuralist theory and criticism while bridging it over to research and analytic lenses less frequently engaged by postcolonial critics. In so doing, they devise novel intersectional and interdisciplinary frameworks through which to produce more greatly nuanced understandings of imperialism, capitalism, and their inextricable relation, "new" postcolonial critiques of empire for the twenty-first century. This book will be an excellent resource for students and researchers of Postcolonial Studies, Literature, History, Sociology, Economics, Political Science and International Studies, among others.