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FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Author(s) -
Welnbaum Marvin G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00219.x
Subject(s) - middle east , plague (disease) , food security , agriculture , ideology , agricultural development , agricultural economics , agricultural productivity , food aid , development economics , food systems , political science , economic growth , geography , economics , business , politics , archaeology , law
Despite petrodollars, ideological and economic divisions in the Middle East make for difficult agricultural development. High food deficits plague the area and projections are for Increased consumptlon and food shortfalls. However, the area has seen some dramatic production and development growth and external food aid t ofurther this development seems worthwhile for the Middle East and the West.