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Planning for food and nutrition security in Egypt: social, economic, and political considerations

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  • El-Asfahani, Aida
  • Soliman, Ibrahim

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Low-income consumers, who are the majority of the population, may spend a large part of their income, in some cases all of it, on food; yet they are unable to afford a nutritionally adequate diet. Hence, a policy aimed at reducing the food gap may require more than a simple increase in agricultural production. This study tests a hypothesis for developing agricultural production guided by the nutritional requirements of the Egyptian population for the major food products. The study used two alternative target levels of food self-sufficiency. The first would be to maintain the self-sufficiency ratio at its level during the base period 1976-1980. The second would be to increase the self-sufficiency ratio so as to decrease the relative amount of food imports by the year 2000 to one-half their level during the base period from Authors.

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  • El-Asfahani, Aida & Soliman, Ibrahim, 1989. "Planning for food and nutrition security in Egypt: social, economic, and political considerations," MPRA Paper 67544, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Soliman, Ibrahim & Shapouri, Shahla, 1983. "The Impacts of Wheat Price Policy change on Nutritional Status in Egypt," MPRA Paper 32395, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Feb 1984.
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    1. Soliman, Ibrahim & Mashhour, Ahmed & Gaber, Mohamed, 2011. "A review of The National and International Agro‐Food Policies and Institutions in Egypt," MPRA Paper 66779, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 May 2011.
    2. Ibrahim Soliman, 2015. "Diagnosis and Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in Egypt," Cooperative Management, in: Michel Petit & Etienne Montaigne & Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier & José María García Álvarez-Coque & Kons (ed.), Sustainable Agricultural Development, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 19-64, Springer.
    3. Soliman, Ibrahim & Bassiony, Hala, 2011. "Role of buffalo in international trade," MPRA Paper 36740, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 10 Jun 2011.
    4. Soliman, Ibrahim & Eid, Nafissa, 1995. "Impacts Of Egyptian Socio-Economic Environment On Dietary Pattern And Adequacy," Journal Articles 107278, Zagazig University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    5. Ibrahim Soliman & Jacinto F. Fabiosa & Halah Bassiony, 2010. "Review of Agricultural Policy Evolution, Agricultural Data Sources, and Food Supply and Demand Studies in Egypt, A," Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications (archive only) 10-wp506, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
    6. Soliman, brahim- I. Soliman, 2007. "Economic feed utilization for dairy buffalo under intensive agricultural system," MPRA Paper 31088, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Jul 2007.

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    Keywords

    nutrition policy; food production;

    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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