The Russia-Ukraine war forces Egypt to face the need to feed itself: Infrastructure, international partnerships, and agritech can provide the solutions
On 25 July 2023, the Middle East Institute published NESA Center regular speaker Professor Michaël Tanchum's article "The Russia-Ukraine war forces Egypt to face the need to feed itself: Infrastructure, international partnerships, and agritech can provide the solutions."
Tanchum provides the hard numbers on the food-water nexus problem, i.e. extreme water scarcity, and proposes approaches to pragmatic, implementable solutions.
"The water-use efficiency achieved through agritech is crucial for Egypt’s ability to expand its agrifood production in the immediate term, making agritech diplomacy a unique opportunity for the United States to engage Cairo in a strategic partnership of vital consequence," writes Tanchum.
About the Author
Professor Michaël Tanchum is a non-resident fellow with the Middle East Institute's Economics and Energy Program and a senior fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES). He also teaches international relations and political economy of the Middle East and North Africa at Universidad de Navarra in Spain, and is a regular speaker at NESA Center seminars.
About the Publisher
The Middle East Institute (MEI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-for-profit, educational organization. It does not engage in advocacy and its scholars’ opinions are their own. MEI welcomes financial donations, but retains sole editorial control over its work and its publications reflect only the authors’ views.
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