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Highlights: Societal attitudes towards GM foods in the MENAT region are predominantly negative. People in the MENAT region have poor levels of knowledge about GM...

The dependence on imports of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for its food needs has increased steadily since the early 1960s, from 10% to about 40%. This import...

Key messages: CHAPTER 1 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2.1: UNDERNOURISHMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY Hunger in the Arab States reached its highest value in 2022...

Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important component in the transformation of the region’s agrifood systems. Addressing the drivers of FLW along value chains provides an opportunity to tackle...

This policy brief presents an update on the state of food security and the gendergap in food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during theCOVID-19 pandemic using...

Highlights: The 2023 Global Food Policy Report explores a growing body of evidence on how diverse policy responses can reduce both the immediate and longer-term impacts...

Highlight Increased food and fertilizer prices, slower growth, and currency fluctuations still severely strain food security, especially in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)...

The Russian Federation and Ukraine are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world. Both countries are net exporters of agricultural products, and they both...

This report on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Economic Outlook examines: the economic environment globally and in the region; takes a detailed look at what better governance would...

This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries. The Middle...