COVID-19 constituted a warning bell for countries and people worldwide; it highlighted the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve food security and to further international and regional cooperation to cement the bonds between water, energy, and food. Moreover, achieving food security constitutes a prerequisite and a condition precedent for achieving and sustaining
Last week’s Ukraine grain deal saga, with Russia withdrawing and rejoining again within a few days, demonstrates the vulnerability of the agreement brokered by the UN in collaboration with Turkey in July. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of using food as a weapon; and what if it decides to do so again? In 2021, Middle East and North African countries imported more than 36
AMMAN: Funding and water remain two problems to be tackled despite Jordan announcing a set of technical and bureaucratic procedures that constitute the foundations of a food security enhancement project. The kingdom reached out to donors and international lenders to secure funding for the project, which also involves Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. The Jordanian government’s
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting held at its seat at the