Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

by Woody Guthrie and Hans Lofgren

This volume brings together a set of studies analyzing different aspects of food and agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This sector is of crucial importance to the MENA economies, especially in terms of employment. Agriculture is particularly important for the poor, both on the consumption side - a large part of their budget is allocated to food - and as a source of incomes as most of the poor live in rural areas where agriculture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076230992X
• ISBN13: 9780762309924
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"