Yasmine Seghirate el-Guerrab on food security: “We must ensure the health of the soil...
ByTheEast: International medias talk a lot about "food security" lately. What does it imply specially in the Mediterranean region?
Yasmine Seghirate el-Guerrab: Food security in the region is strongly linked to climate change, which has...
How nomadism made Africa a land of disruptive innovation
Mobility, innovation and stability, three of the most important civilizational factors in economic development, are not calibrated the same way in every region of the world. Mary McAuliffe reports on the specific nomadic habits...
Agriculture in Ukraine, pt.2: Things that need to be fixed in heaven
True. Ukraine has succeeded in its quest to emerge as a significant international player. Its strategy seems efficient, statistics wise. But the strategy has inherent limitations… as the proverb goes dont put all your...
Agriculture in Ukraine, pt.1: A blooming giant
It may surprise you to know that the grilled meat kebab you just ate on your business trip to Jeddah came from a beast that has been grazing on fodder grown in Ukraine. It’s...
Karim Daoud on sustainable agriculture: “We should respect our Mediterranean diet”
ByTheEast: A transition towards sustainable agriculture in Tunisia is crucial. But Tunisian agricultural income, which usually represents 11% of its GDP, has shrunk to 9%. What are the reasons for this decline?
Karim Daoud: Tunisia...
Lebanon-Algeria deals to boost agricultural cooperation
You may not know it, but Lebanon-Algeria's relationships are close. Both countries have a lot in common, except their size as Algeria is 228 bigger than Lebanon. Links between Beirut and Algiers will finally...
Why Lebanon should follow Africa’s path to Agriculture 4.0
Could digital agriculture end Africa’s food scarcity as it is projected to house nearly a population of two billion by 2050? Farms need to accelerate their productivity in an even “faster rate than the...
Everything you need to know about Agriculture 4.0
Is Agriculture 4.0 the answer to future food security? Let's take a look. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. reported that by the year of 2050, global population is likely to touch...
Lebanon: waterscape challenges hide future opportunities
What is the future of Lebanon's waterscape? This was the question which formed the central discussion theme in the youth conference which was organised by the Issam Fares Institute (IFI) for Public Policy International...
Kenya needs to improve its rainwater harvesting systems
This year Kenya has witnessed “torrential
rainfall”, writes the Theme Leader of Water Management at World Agroforestry
Centre, Maibo Malesu. However, at the wake of pouring rain came devastating
droughts which hit some “parts of the country”.
In...