TY  - CHAP
AB  - 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. Twenty-five percent 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.
VL  - 5
SN  - 978-0-76230-992-4, 978-1-84950-193-4/1094-5334
DO  - 10.1016/S1094-5334(03)05005-2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1094-5334(03)05005-2
AU  - Lofgren Hans
AU  - Richards Alan
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa
T2  - Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
T3  - Research in Middle East Economics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 31
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -