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Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition

Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005. These crises included the avian influenza epidemic in 2006; the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2007-2009; a further rallying of global food prices starting in late 2010; and th...

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Main Authors: Breisinger, Clemens, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Ecker, Olivier, Abuismail, Riham, Waite, Jane, Abdelwahab, Noura, Zohery, Alaa, El-Laithy, Heba, Armanious, Dina
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
Subjects:
food security
food prices
economic situation
shock
poverty
malnutrition
subsidies
social safety nets
supply chains
resilience
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153519
Summary:Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005. These crises included the avian influenza epidemic in 2006; the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2007-2009; a further rallying of global food prices starting in late 2010; and the challenging macroeconomic context that followed political instability in the wake of the 2011 revolution (see Figure 1). Egypt’s net food-importing status (that includes importing 45-55 percent of its wheat needs) makes it vulnerable to fluctuations in international food prices.

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