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The Badia is part of the Arab regions (defined as the semi-arid region of Jordan) and constitutes a significant part of Jordan and includes vast hyper-arid areas. As a result, the Badia has been defined based on aridity indices and is classified as a land for communal pastoral use (rangeland). It is situated in the eastern part of Jordan and is considered a home of the Bedu. ...more |
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The role of agriculture in urban areas is gaining recognition across the globe as a response to increasing urban poverty, food insecurity and scarcity of natural resources. The average world population living in urban areas is estimated to be 51 percent and the number of urban poor is quickly growing. ...more |
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In Morocco, agriculture is a strategic sector, economically and socially. It plays major roles in terms of food security and nutrition, supply for agro-industry, employment, integration into the international markets, stabilization of populations in rural areas, and sustainable development. ...more |
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The recent economic growth in the MENA Region has not created the required number of jobs to absorb the growing labor force and unemployment, especially among the youth – a critical challenge the MENA region is faced with. ...more |
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Despite making up only a small proportion of traffic in many cities, scooters are responsible for a major part of air pollution, according to a new study by researchers from across Europe ...more |
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For governments in the region, the most beguiling food security objective is that of self-sufficiency. However it remains elusive, as the Gulf countries’ long but inefficacious history of agricultural support demonstrates. ...more |
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Stepping into Singapore for the first time, you will encounter a sweltering wall of heat and humidity. Only fair, as this tiny island state is a lush, tropical city brimming with greenery. ...more |
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![Counting the costs of energy, water and food consumption in the Gulf Counting the costs of energy, water and food consumption in the Gulf](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-AlA3dadAlSabika_5ab5c843-c84c-46e0-a877-8ed35a59e28f_.jpg) |
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he Gulf region is a test case for one of the most serious questions of our time; how can we turn around damaging models of resource use when they are so ingrained in our economies and societies?
The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are often painted as a miracle made possible by oil wealth: grand designs and profligate consumers in land scarce in fertile soil and rainfall. But the urban sprawl, leisure developments and industrial complexes that have sprung up in the last 40 years are devouring the resources below ground at an increasing rate. ...more |
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Mankind might well appear to be winning its battle with nature but, if the conflict continues for much longer, it is certain to lose the war. Long before we have managed to extinguish the other species that share this planet, the destruction of its fragile life support systems will surely have wiped out whatever we would consider as civilisation today.
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The demand for meat is expected to grow by about 70% up to 2050. However, the land area used for livestock production is currently 80 percent of total agricultural land use. Increasing yields on existing agricultural land is a possibility, but there are limitations to further intensification of the use of croplands. Other mitigation measures possibilities are to increase the efficiency of the food chain from ‘field to fork”, to increase yield of pastures or to change diets towards food commodities requiring less land. One of the options is to use insects as food and feed. ...more |
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