Food
Urban-Rural Disconnect: COVID-19 and Sustainability
The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in COVID-19
The nexus between water, energy, and food today is fragile—made all the more so by climate change, catastrophic weather events, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Message From The Editors
Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Toward Arab Food Security
A roadmap for a sustainable future without wasteful subsidies and mismanagement
Edge of Survival
The interaction of food, energy, and water in North Africa is complex and building into a cascade of trouble. It is time to listen to the rural communities facing it on the frontline
Myths about Food Security and Water
Will water be the cause of the next war in the Middle East? Is water important for regional food security? Can economic diversification really work? Time to bust the myths around questions of food and water security in the region
Averting a Total Collapse
How is the water-energy-food nexus impacting ecological, social, and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa?
Seeds of Gulf-Africa Agribusiness
When Gulf nations face food, security, and water scarcity issues, one response is to seek lucrative agricultural investments in fertile African lands. Yet, while such deals can bring benefits to the countries involved, there are also sizeable risks
The Cost of Clean Water
How one village was hit by the demands of sustainable development.
Heat is on for Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro has shifted focus from an economic reforms agenda, which the country sorely needs amid recession fears, to a cultural one, which pleases his supporters.
Syria and Regional Food Security
Syria and its neighbors all have a vested interest in resuming agricultural trade to increase food security across the region.
The Artist of French Cooking
Alain Passard is considered the best French chef in the world. He muses on his kitchen adventures, the splendor of vegetables, and the impact of globalization on cuisine à la française.
How to Feed Egypt
A country with a bulging population faces crippling food security challenges. A high-level government commitment must address the availability of and access to food.
The Obesity Crisis
If trends persist, nearly half of the world’s adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030. A comprehensive intervention strategy is required to fight a scourge as damaging to the global economy as war.
Dining with Darius
The tale of the Persian empire is one of vast farms, game reserves, and fisheries, elaborate kitchens staffed by thousands, and power. Centuries later, nations are still engaging in culinary politics.
The Marvel of Bánh Mi
In the colonial era the Vietnamese appropriated French baguette and added local ingredients to concoct a sandwich that is now a hit with the patrons of restaurants and food trucks from Singapore to San Francisco.