Impiglia A., Lewis P. (2019). Combatting food insecurity and rural poverty through enhancing small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa. New Medit, 01/03/2019, vol. 18, n. 1, p. 109-112.
https://newmedit.iamb.it/2019/03/15/combatting-food-insecurity-and-rural-poverty-through-enhancing-small-scale-family-farming-in-the-near-east-and-north-africa/
https://newmedit.iamb.it/2019/03/15/combatting-food-insecurity-and-rural-poverty-through-enhancing-small-scale-family-farming-in-the-near-east-and-north-africa/
Titre : | Combatting food insecurity and rural poverty through enhancing small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa (2019) |
Auteurs : | A. Impiglia ; P. Lewis |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | New Medit (vol. 18, n. 1, 01/03/2019) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 109-112 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 08 - ALIMENTATION ; 8.3 - Politique et Sécurité AlimentaireThésaurus IAMM SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE ; CRISE ALIMENTAIRE ; PAUVRETE ; LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE ; EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE FAMILIALE ; ZONE RURALE ; CHOMAGE ; CROISSANCE DE LA POPULATION ; AFRIQUE DU NORD ; MOYEN ORIENT |
Résumé : | The Near East North Africa (NENA) region is exposed to a series of interconnected challenges that impede agriculture and therefore food security and poverty reduction. The economic growth rate in the NENA region has stagnated at two percent per year since 1990. Meanwhile, unemployment rates remain high, especially amongst youth with 28.2 percent unemployment in the Middle East and 30.5 percent in North Africa. These trends present challenges for the region, especially given its high population growth rate, which is above the global average, at 2 percent per year compared with 1.2 percent globally. While the population is growing, the unemployment rates suggest that the transition towards inclusive economic growth has not taken hold. Around 43 percent of the NENA regions population live in rural areas, which in turn are highly affected by the poverty that results from exclusion from the regions economic growth; 70 percent of the regions poor currently live in rural areas and are largely dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. Many of these are small-scale family farmers. The region, in turn, is even more dependent on small-scale farmers who generate 80 percent of the regions agricultural production. They are therefore essential to NENAs pathway out of food insecurity and poverty |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://newmedit.iamb.it/2019/03/15/combatting-food-insecurity-and-rural-poverty-through-enhancing-small-scale-family-farming-in-the-near-east-and-north-africa/ |