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...
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Key messages: CHAPTER 1 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2.1: UNDERNOURISHMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY Hunger in the Arab States reached its highest value in 2022...
Agrifood systems in the Near East and North Africa are characterized by increasingly degraded natural resources and vulnerability to climate change, rapid population growth and protracted crises...
Climate change and extreme weather events are heightening levels of acute food insecurity and food crises around the world. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and deals...
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...
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Climate change threatens to decrease cucurbit production by 15%.
Availability of plants for medicinal and food purposes is severely affected by climate change.
Climate change may...
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Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) is slowing, with growth for the region projected at 2.0 percent in 2023 (down from 5.6 percent last year) before...
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...
North Africa (NA) is supposed to lower emissions in its agriculture to honor climate action commitments and to impulse sustainable development across Africa. Agriculture in North Africa...
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This book is a compilation of 35 blog posts written by IFPRI. Together, they provide an overview of how the crisis has progressed, how the international community and...