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Egypt is on track to achieve its long-term goal of reducing the poverty rate to 6 percent by 2022. Continued progress … policies will be most effective at reducing rural poverty in Egypt . Using household survey data from 1997 the study analyzes …
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Wheat is central to the government of Egypt's food security policy which is based on increasing self-sufficiency in …
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Liberalization of Egyptian agricultural policy and new wheat technology has led to significant increases in area allocated to wheat as well as wheat yields. The wheat self-sufficiency ratio increased from 21 percent in 1986 to about 59 percent over the 2001-03 period. However, the country still...
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Wheat is central to the government of Egypt’s food security policy which is influenced by a concern for overdependence …
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El acusado aumento de los precios de los alimentos en el periodo 2006-2008 desató el temor de una inseguridad alimentaria generalizada a nivel mundial. Además de los cambios acaecidos en la oferta y la demanda de algunos productos básicos, la tendencia alcista también ha podido verse...
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The drastic increase of food prices in the period 2006-2008 spurred fears of global food insecurity. Apart from actual changes in supply and demand of some commodities, the upward swing might also have been amplified by speculation in organized futures markets. However, limiting or banning...
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L'augmentation drastique des prix des denrées alimentaires sur la période 2006-2008 a suscité des craintes concernant l'insécurité alimentaire mondiale. Outre les changements réels de l'offre et la demande de certains produits de base, la tendance à la hausse pourrait aussi avoir été...
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Aumentar el acceso de las mujeres a la tierra es crucial para combatir el hambre y la pobreza. Sin embargo, las disparidades de género en el acceso a la tierra siguen siendo notables en muchos países, con independencia de su nivel de desarrollo. La nueva base de datos de la FAO ayudará a...
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Increasing women’s access to land is crucial to fight hunger and poverty. However, gender disparities in land access remain significant in most countries, regardless of their level of development. A new FAO database helps to understand the factors that prevent women from accessing land; and to...
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Después de subir lenta y continuamente a partir de sus niveles mínimos históricos, los precios mundiales del arroz se triplicaron en solamente seis meses en 2007/08. El alza de precios provocó una gran ansiedad ya que una gran parte de la población pobre del mundo consume arroz. Y...
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