Food, agriculture, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Löfgren, Hans
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2003.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Research in Middle East economics ; v. 5.
• Θέματα: Agriculture > Economic aspects > Middle East.; Food supply > Middle East.; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa, North.; Food supply > Africa, North.; Business & Economics > Industries > General.; Science > General.; Development economics.; Agriculture & related industries.; Middle East > Economic policy.; Africa, North > Economic policy.

This volume brings together a set of studies analyzing different aspects of food and agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This sector is of crucial importance to the MENA economies, especially in terms of employment. Agriculture is particularly important for the poor, both on the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Food security, poverty, and economic policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Hans Lofgren, Alan Richards
• The political economy and distributional impact of the Egyptian food subsidy system / Richard H. Adams
• Adjustment of wheat production to market reform in Egypt / Mylène Kherallah, Nicholas Minot, Peter Gruhn
• Price policy, irreversible investment, and the scale of agricultural mechanization in Egypt / John Kerr
• Food security in Tunisia : trends and policy options / Mohamed Abdelbasset Chemingui, Sébastien Dessus
• Micro-economic perspectives on Tunisia's agro-export strategy / Jeremy D. Foltz
• Policy and progress in Moroccan agriculture : a retrospective and perspective / Channing Arndt, Wallace E. Tyner
• Yemeni agriculture : historical overview, policy lessons and prospects / Jeffrey B. Nugent
• Structural change in agriculture and water requirements in Turkey / Serdar Sayan, Nazmi Demir
• Urban food security, the rural Hinterland, and Istanbul's lower income migrant households / Paul J. Kaldjian
• From citrus to cellphones? Agriculture as source of new comparative advantage in the Middle East and North Africa / Julia Devlin
• Politics, economics and (virtual) water : A discursive analysis of water policies in the Middle East and North Africa / J. Anthony Allan, Jennifer C. Olmsted
• Managing livestock in drought-prone areas of the Middle East and North Africa : policy issues / Peter Hazell, Peter Oram, Nabil Chaherli.