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Sort Desciption: (2003) Food Agriculture and Economic Policy in the Middle. East and North Africa. Research in Middle East Economics Volume 5. Amsterdam: JAI ...

Content Inside: TMD DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 111 FOOD SECURITY POVERTY AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Hans Lofgren International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC USA Alan Richards University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California USA Trade and Macroeconomics Division International Food Policy Research Institute 2033 K Street N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 U.S.A. February 2003 TMD Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results and are circulated prior to a full peer review in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. It is expected that most Discussion Papers will eventually be published in some other form and that their content may also be revised. This paper is available at http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/divs/tmd/dp.htm ABSTRACT 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. JEL Classification Codes: O13 O53 Q18 Key Words: Middle East and North Africa food security poverty agriculture development strategy This paper was published under the same title and by the same authors on pp. 1- 31 in Lofgren Hans ed. (2003) Food Agriculture and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa. Research in Middle East Economics Volume 5. Amsterdam: JAI Press/Elsevier and is issued as a Discussion Paper with permission from Elsevier. The Elsevier home page i ...

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