Gründe für die Nahrungsmittelprobleme der Region (u.a. mangelnde Bewässerung der Anbauflächen, Rückständigkeit der Landwirtschaft, Festsetzung staatlicher Aufkaufpreise ohne Berücksichtigung wirtschaftlicher Faktoren, mangelnde Infrastruktur, exportorientierte Monokulturen) und...

As a result of climatic conditions such as dry climate, limited arable land and scarce water resources, the Arab region is import dependent for most food commodities. There is a continuously rising discrepancy between food production and food consumption. This makes the region more and more...

The Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region faces serious food insecurity, with an increasing gap between food production and consumption. One key problem is ineffective marketing systems connecting production (or productive potential) to consumption on a regional scale. Using resource advantage...

Arab countries depend heavily on imported food, particularly wheat. Population growth, rising incomes, and climate change will only increase their dependency on wheat imports, thereby making Arab countries even more exposed to international market volatility. A recent World Bank study, 'the...

Arab countries, more so than countries in any other region, are extremely vulnerable to food-price shocks. Furthermore, current projections indicate that they will be unable to meet demand with production, which will steadily increase their vulnerability to food-price shocks. There is therefore,...