Food Dependency in the Middle East and North Africa Region Retrospective Analysis and Projections to 2050 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Le Mouël, Chantal (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schmitt, Bertrand (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Agricultural economics.; Computer simulation.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Sustainable Development.; Agricultural Economics.; Simulation and Modeling.

At present, 40% of the agri-food needs of the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region is covered by imports, whereas this figure was just about 10% in the beginning of the 1960's. Demographic growth and diet change has combined to increase food demand while the region's agricultural pro...