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    2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Rural Transformation - Key for Sustainable Development in the Near East and North Africa
    2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Rural Transformation - Key for Sustainable Development in the Near East and North Africa
    2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Rural Transformation - Key for Sustainable Development in the Near East and North Africa
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    2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Rural Transformation - Key for Sustainable Development in the Near East and North Africa

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    The in-depth analysis of progress made against Sustainable Development Goal 2 Target 2.1 (to end hunger and ensure access to food by all) and Target 2.2 (to end all forms of malnutrition), as well as the state of micronutrient deficiencies, is complemented by a review on rural transformation policies aimed at addressing food insecurity and nutrition issues.

    Updated estimates shows that the food security situation on the region continues to worsen since 2011 -2013. For, the Near East and North Africa, 11% of the region’s population – 50.2 million people – are undernourished.

    The findings of the report showed that the failure to reduce hunger in the area is closely associated with the increase in conflict and violence in several parts of the region, as also highlighted in last year’s edition. While the prevalence of undernourishment has risen from 23 to 26 percent in conflict countries since 2011-13, it has remained stable at about 5 percent in non-conflict countries.

    This year’s report goes further to explore the relationship between food insecurity, economic growth and rural transformation. It demonstrates that economic growth in the Near East and North Africa region has been slow compared to other regions, and suggests that rural transformation can improve growth rates and generate decent employment through strengthening rural-urban linkages, improving agricultural productivity, and expanding the rural non-farm economy.

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    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateJun 7, 2019
    ISBN9789251315149
    2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Rural Transformation - Key for Sustainable Development in the Near East and North Africa
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      2018 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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      KEY MESSAGES

          Hunger is worsening in the Near East and North Africa region, continuing a trend since 2011–2013, as highlighted in the 2017 Regional Overview. This recent upturn is due nearly exclusively to increases in the five conflict countries. While the prevalence of undernourishment has risen from 23 to 26 percent in conflict countries since 2011–2013, it has remained stable at about 5 percent in non-conflict countries.

          A review of SDG 2 indicators in the NENA countries reveals that improvements in hunger, food security and nutrition are positively associated with the degree of rural transformation, a process deriving from productivity increases in agriculture, rural poverty alleviation and the improvement of rural infrastructure and services. This suggests that policies and programmes to support sustainable agricultural production, improvement of rural infrastructure and services and the reduction of food insecurity and rural poverty could be accelerators for the achievement of the SDG 2 targets.

          Governments in the NENA region have not advanced rural transformation as a goal of development policies. Instead, they have focused on policies prioritizing food security--both availability and access--most notably through support for cereal production and staple food subsidy policies. These policies might have contributed to improving food security in the region by keeping undernourishment rates low, compared to other developing regions. They have however done little to improve the nutrition status of the population, and might have slowed agricultural and rural transformation.

          High unemployment in the NENA region requires structural reform policies aimed at limiting the role of the state in the economy, strengthening the enabling environment for the private sector and encouraging the growth of tradeable sectors.

          Governments of the region need to devise and implement rural transformation strategies and investment plans to close the rural-urban gap through raising agricultural productivity, strengthening rural-urban linkages, and enhancing public services in rural infrastructure, health, education and other services. Experience of other countries indicates that such policies can make rural areas more attractive for business, increasing economic growth and slowing migration. Proactive policies for rural transformation could also provide a path out of poverty for the rural and semi-rural populations of many of the countries of the region by tapping into unexploited opportunities for agrifood exports and value-added processing.

      CONTENTS

      KEY MESSAGES

      TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES

      FOREWORD

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

      COUNTRY AND TERRITORY ABBREVIATIONS

      INTRODUCTION

      PART I

      REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION INDICATORS

      SDG Target 2.1: hunger and food insecurity in NENA countries, 2015–17

      Changes in hunger and food insecurity in the NENA region

      SDG Target 2.2: malnutrition in NENA countries

      PART II

      REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY POLICIES AND ACHIEVEMENT OF SDG 2 TARGETS

      Food security in the NENA region

      Risk management strategies for food security

      Domestic food production policies

      Consumer subsidy policies

      Assessment of food security policies in NENA countries

      Relevance of food security policies

      Efficiency of food production policies for food security

      Efficiency of generalized consumer subsidies for food security

      PART III

      SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE NENA REGION

      High unemployment and anaemic growth in the NENA region

      The role of transformation

      The legacy of transformation in the NENA region: the rural-urban gap

      Policies for the elimination of the rural-urban gap: towards rural transformation

      Policies for agricultural transformation

      Policies for territorial development

      Policies for improvements in public services in rural areas

      CONCLUSION:

      THE PATH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

      APPENDIX:

      MEASURING TRANSFORMATION

      REFERENCES

      TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES

      TABLES

      Table 1: Sustainable Development Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

      Table 2: Hunger and severe food insecurity in selected NENA sub-regions, 2015–2017

      Table 3: Number of undernourished in the NENA region, sub-regions and countries, 2004/2006–2015/2017 (million)

      Table 4: Prevalence of undernourishment in the NENA region, sub-regions and countries, 2004/2006–2015/2017 (percent)

      Table 5: Prevalence of people affected by severe food

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