Mena Countries Group
Mohammad Hassan Fotros; Razie Sahraee; Masume Yavari
Volume 8, Issue 30 , April 2018, , Pages 55-66
Abstract
Food security is a main component of physical, mental and psychological health of any society and is a criterion for human development. Food security and access to safe and adequate food is of the main pillars of economic growth and development; so it is of the main goals of every country. War and insecurity ...
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Food security is a main component of physical, mental and psychological health of any society and is a criterion for human development. Food security and access to safe and adequate food is of the main pillars of economic growth and development; so it is of the main goals of every country. War and insecurity damage food security. War is the increased major cause of poverty, unemployment and food insecurity. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of war on food security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries in the period 1990-2014. In order to estimate the model for investigating the issue, the unbalanced panel data method was used. Results showed that war has the negative and significant impact on food security. Gross domestic product per capita, the size of the rural population, the ratio of arable land surface to total land surface and the use of agricultural machinery per hectare variables had positive and significant impact, and the size of the total population had negative and significant impact on food security. Thus, any attempt to reduce conflict means to improve food security and growth and development.
Hamid Reza i Qasem; Mohammad Salehi
Volume 5, 17(2) , October 2015, , Pages 54-41
Abstract
Domesticated animals, fowl, and fishery sector, as one of agricultural subsectors, moreover creating employment, help to economic growth and development, market boom; play an important role in providing food and food security for society. On this base, governments always plan their goals toward supporting ...
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Domesticated animals, fowl, and fishery sector, as one of agricultural subsectors, moreover creating employment, help to economic growth and development, market boom; play an important role in providing food and food security for society. On this base, governments always plan their goals toward supporting and considering this sector. The Agricultural Sector Development Program has been one of the most important government programs for supporting agricultural sector in 2012. This research was conducted in Markazi province with the goal of determining impact of financial payment for agricultural sector development on increasing products, creating employment, percapita consumption, and food security. The research was conducted in two parts; the first using of experimental data and second using questionnaire to gathering data. The research findings show that the financial payments have a positive and significant effect in increasing products, employment, and access to food in terms of financial power. But financial payments have not significant effect on percapita consumption of products, enough food and stable supply of food.
