Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa
In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural areas and concentrated within Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen. 25% of the MENA population may be poor and 7% undernourished. The key to increased national and household-level food security is...
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| author | Lofgren, Hans Richards, Alan |
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| description | In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural areas and concentrated within Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen. 25% of the MENA population may be poor and 7% undernourished. The key to increased national and household-level food security is pro-poor growth, driven by export-oriented, labor-intensive sectors. Agricultural sector policies should be subordinate to the pro-poor growth goal and not to the goal of food self-sufficiency. Such a strategy requires conflict resolution; macroeconomic stability; physical and human capital accumulation; reliance on markets and the private sector, and diffusion of ecologically friendly farming practices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1573162025-11-06T07:26:46Z Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa Lofgren, Hans Richards, Alan food security poverty development economic policies In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural areas and concentrated within Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen. 25% of the MENA population may be poor and 7% undernourished. The key to increased national and household-level food security is pro-poor growth, driven by export-oriented, labor-intensive sectors. Agricultural sector policies should be subordinate to the pro-poor growth goal and not to the goal of food self-sufficiency. Such a strategy requires conflict resolution; macroeconomic stability; physical and human capital accumulation; reliance on markets and the private sector, and diffusion of ecologically friendly farming practices. 2003 2024-10-24T12:48:50Z 2024-10-24T12:48:50Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157316 en https://doi.org/10.1016/S1094-5334(03)05005-2 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lofgren, Hans; Richards, Alan. 2003. Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa. TMD Discussion Paper 111. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157316 |
| spellingShingle | food security poverty development economic policies Lofgren, Hans Richards, Alan Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title | Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title_full | Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title_fullStr | Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title_short | Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa |
| title_sort | food security poverty and economic policy in the middle east and north africa |
| topic | food security poverty development economic policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157316 |
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