Food Security in the Middle East

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East -- Mehran Kamrava and Zahra Babar -- 2. Historic Food Regimes and the Middle East -- Eckart Woertz -- 3. An Economic Analysis of National Food Sovereignty Policies in the Middle East: The Case of Lebanon and Jordan -- Jane Harrigan -- 4. Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Egypt -- Raymond Bush -- 5. Prospects for Food Self-Sufficiency in Iran in 2025 -- Habibollah Salami, Toktam Mohtashami and Mohamad Saeid Noori Naeini -- 6. Neither Security nor Sovereignty: Agriculture and Food Production in Yemen -- Martha Mundy, Amin al-Hakimi and Frédéric Pelat -- 7. Urban Agriculture and Food Security in the Middle Eastern Context: A Case Study from Lebanon and Jordan -- Shadi Hamadeh, Salwa Tohmé Tawk and Mounir Abi Said -- 8. Food Security and the Supermarket Transition in the Middle East-Two Case Studies -- Karin Seyfert, Jad Chabaan and Hala Ghattas -- 9. Win-Win versus Lose-Lose: Investments in Foreign Agriculture as a Food Security Strategy of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf -- Mary Ann Tétreault, Deborah L Wheeler and Benjamin Shepherd -- 10. Food Insecurity in the West Bank -- Elisa Cavatorta and Sam Waples -- 11. The Nutrition Transition and Obesity in Qatar -- Tahra Elobeid and Abdelmoniem Hassan.

"This volume comprises original, empirically grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study available to date on food security in the Middle East. The book starts with a theoretical framing of the phenomena of food security and food sovereignty and presents empirical case studies of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, the Persian Gulf states and Iran. Some of the major themes examined include the ascent and decline of various food regimes, urban agriculture, overseas agricultural land purchases, national food self-sufficiency strategies, distribution networks and food consumption patterns, and nutrition transitions and healthcare. Collectively, the chapters represent highly original contributions to the disciplines of political science, economics, agricultural studies, and healthcare policy"-- Provided by publisher.