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Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition

author(s) Breisinger, Clemens - Al-Riffai, Perrihan - Ecker, Olivier - Abuismail, Riham - Waite, Jane - Abdelwahab, Noura - Zohery, Alaa - El-Laithy, Heba - Armanious, Dina
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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regions
  • Northern Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Asia
  • Asia
citation

Breisinger, Clemens et al., 'Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); World Food Programme (WFP), Washington, D.C., 2013

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Abstract

Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005. These crises included the avian influenza epidemic in 2006; the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2007-2009; a further rallying of global food prices starting in late 2010; and the challenging macroeconomic context that followed political instability in the wake of the 2011 revolution (see Figure 1). Egypt’s net food-importing status (that includes importing 45-55 percent of its wheat needs) makes it vulnerable to fluctuations in international food prices.

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