February 11, 2019 Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI A new report by the Lancet Commission on the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Changedelivers a powerful, incisive analysis of the drivers of those overlapping worldwide problems with some long-overdue and hard-hitting recommendations. The starting point is a recognition that malnutrition in all […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Reviving Silk production in Upper Egypt based on the Chinese experience
Marina Iskandar, Research Officer, Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID/ EL Nidaa)
Silk industry and its historic expansion is a good example of the globalization and can easily describe the massive infiltration of the Chinese production in the world market. In fact the Sericulture industry and the cultivation of Mulberry trees are labor intensive activities which create employment opportunities for women and youth in the poorest rural areas. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Map Yemen: A New Tool for Coordinated Reconstruction and Improving of Food and Nutrition Security in Yemen
Abdul Wahed Mukred, Ministry of Planing and International Cooperation, Yemen
Abdul Rahman Bamatraf, Hadramout University
A comprehensive interactive database on food and nutrition security projects and related Sustainable Development Goal Indicators has been lacking in Yemen for a long time. The Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and Scaling Up Nutrition Coordination Secretariat (SUN) with support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have addressed this gap by building MAP Yemen. The introduction of MAP Yemen is considered a milestone towards more coordinated and evidence-based project and policy planning in Yemen. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Agriculture, Conflict and the Agrarian Question in the 21st Century
Rachel Bahn and Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut
Eckart Woertz, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and Sciences Po
The volume Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture, published by CABI in September 2018, explores the intersection of agriculture, crisis, and conflict. It considers both over-arching themes, as well as detailed case studies drawn from a range of contexts. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Recurrent climate events are a contingent liability in three MENA countries
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. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
