Publication

This report looks at the issue of food security in the Middle East from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It argues that processes and consequences of development have made the Middle East, a region historically associated with food abundance, structurally dependent on food imports and increasingly food insecure. The different sections of this report examine past developments contributing to this situation and discuss current aspects of food security, among them the ascent and decline of various food regimes, urban agriculture, overseas agricultural land purchases, national food self-sufficiency strategies, distribution networks and food consumption patterns, and nutrition transitions and healthcare.