Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas – Obstacles and Opportunities

Co-published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the CIHEAM, the Watch letter n ° 40 “Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas – Obstacles and opportunities” aims to show different perspectives of the situation in the Mediterranean region by analyzing the challenges and opportunities in the socio-economic, social, environmental, legal and political domains.

The contributions allow us to better understand the mechanisms of discrimination, to identify the levers of change and to share good practices. A fundamental exercise to renew given the significant deficit in the collection and processing of sex-disaggregated data.

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Playing a central role in societies and economies of the region, the dairy sector has been facing many changes in recent years. The difficulties met by the different sectors of the dairy industry but also the positive initiatives that will enable, in the future, to overcome the new challenges are addressed in this issue. 

Placing the dairy sector at the crossroads of production, logistics, socio-economic and environmental challenges by providing global, regional and national insights, this Watch Letter n°35 features a series of scientific articles providing an update on the ongoing analyses and developments of the dairy sector in the Mediterranean.

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The Document compiles a series of 18 articles dealing with innovative indicators and initiatives for Food Security in the Mediterranean countries. Particular attention has been paid to good practices, adaptation to climate change, sustainable food consumption models and agro-food chains. 

THE POST-2015 AND MEDITERRANEAN FUTURES

To move forward a greater development in the Mediterranean, the adoption of the Post-2015 Global Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals constitutes an important step towards sustainability strategies in the region. This is in a context where the future of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation must be redefined, in agreement with the new regional priorities.

For these reasons, the Watch Letter n°34 proposes a high-level file about these strategic issues, aiming to bring a Mediterranean look on these Sustainable Development Goals and to provide a forward-looking reading guide to better prepare multilateral and multi-institutional cooperation in the region.

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Crisis and Resilience in the Mediterranean

Environmental, economic and political crises that the Mediterranean is experiencing are multiple both in nature and in number and they contribute to the degradation of living conditions of populations and production and strike a blow against the efforts made in terms of food security and development. In this Watch Letter, the CIHEAM wishes to present various Mediterranean situations where agriculture, fisheries and food have a role to play in crisis prevention and management. 

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Editorial
by Cosimo Lacirignola, CIHEAM Secretary General

Interview
Dominique Burgeon (Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture, FAO)

Tensions and potential crisis in the MENA region’s food-system in 2050
Pauline Marty, Bertrand Schmitt, Stephane Manceron, Agneta Forslund, Elodie Marajo-Petitzon, Chantal Le Mouel (Institut national de recherche agronomique, INRA, France)

Managing Scarcity: Food and World War II in the Mediterranean
Lizzie Collingham (Warwick University, United Kingdom)

Agriculture as a Key to the Resilience of Lebanon Rural Areas to the Effect of the Syrian Crisis
Kanj Hamade (Lebanese University, Lebanon)

Palestine : la résilience par l’agriculture
Pierre Blanc (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Sciences Po Bordeaux-LAM, France)
Issa Elshatleh (Arab Center for Agricultural Development, ACAD, Palestine)

L’agriculture irriguée du bassin de l’Oronte en Syrie : enjeux de la réhabilitation post-conflit
Ahmed HajAsaad, Ronald Jaubert (Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, Suisse)
Mohamed Al Dbyat (Institut français du Proche Orient, IFPO, Beyrouth, Liban)

Displacements Stimulating Disasters: A Study of Policy and Legal Approaches in Africa and MENA Region
Hala Yousry (Desert Research Center, Egypt)

Une lecture de la crise migratoire: l’agriculture et le développement rural comme source de résilience dans les pays du Sud et de l’Est de la Méditerranée
Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, Omar Bessaoud, Dima Issa, Didier Berdaguer, Zied Ahmed, Rachid Harbouze, Aymeric Debrun (CIHEAM Montpellier)

Shifting Transhumances: Migrations Patternes in Mediterranean Pastoralism
Michele Nori (European University Institute, EUI, Migration Policy Centre, Italy)

Le problème oublié des réfugiés urbains
Sonia Ben Ali (Urban Refugees NGO)

The non-return of Young People to the Greek Countryside
Spyridon Mamalis (Geotechnical Chamber of Greece, Technological Education Institute of Kavala, Greece)

Crise économique et volatilité des prix agricoles en Tunisie au cours de la période de transition post-révolution
Sonia Boudiche (Ecole supérieure des industries alimentaires de Tunis, ESIAT, Tunisie)
Mehrez Ameur (Ecole supérieure d’Agriculture du Kef ESAK, Tunisie)
Raouda Khaldi (Institut national de la recherche agronomique, INRAT, Tunisie)

Food Price Volatility and Political Unrest: The Case of the Egyptian « Arab Spring »
Assem Abu Hatab (Suez Canal University, Egypt)

Eurozone Crisis and the Agrifood Sector : the Portuguese Case
Pedro Reis, Joaquim Cabral Rolo (National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, INIAV, Portugal)

How to Enhance Resilience for Oasis Ecosystems in Maghreb?
Jean-Baptiste Cheneval (Agroeconomist, France)

Le dualisme agraire méditerranéen: disparition ou résilience de l’agriculture familiale ?
Anne-Marie Jouve (Pôle foncier de Montpellier, France)
Abdallah Ben Saad, Mohamed Elloumi (Institut national de la recherché agronomique, INRAT, Tunisie)
Claude Napoléone, Jean-Christophe Paoli (Institut national de recherche agronomique, INRA, France)
Gisèle Vianey (Université de Tours, France International Expertise Foncière, FIEF, France)

Building Resilience of Mediterranean Rural Communities Through the Empowerment of Women
Rosana Quagliariello, Chiara Ciannamea (CIHEAM Bari)

L’agriculture dans l’ouest des Balkans: des potentialités réelles, menacées par l’absence de politiques agricoles adaptées
Bernard Del’homme (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture, IRSTEA, France)

Contribution des systèmes alimentaires territorialisés à la résilience au changement climatique en région méditerranéenne : application à un projet de cluster agroécologique dans la vallée de la Medjerda (Tunisie)
Jean-Louis Rastoin (Montpellier SupAgro, Ipemed, France)
Mahjouba Zaite (Pôle de compétitivité de Bizerte, Tunisie)
Zied Ben Youssef (Groupement de développement agricole de Béja, Tunisie)

Climate Change: Resilience in Bangladesh Cotton Production
Kamrul Islam, Farid Uddin (Cotton Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh)

Le Halal: nouveau chantier de coopération dans l’agro-industrie en Méditerranée
Ana Isabel Gonzalez Santamaria (Conesmer, Espagne)

Malta: Crisis and Resilience of Commercial Ports
David Raphaël Busuttil (Fondation de Malte)

Resilience in Crisis Reconsidered : the Need for Values Against Relativist Ethics
Nikolaos Georgantzis (School of Agriculture Policy and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom)