Arab League Organization for Agricultural Development: Supply Chains, Previous Pledges Likely to be Disrupted

Arab League Organization for Agricultural Development: Supply Chains, Previous Pledges Likely to be Disrupted

The Director of the Arab League’s Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), Dr. Ibrahim El-Dukheri, warned that food security in the Arab world was shrouded in ambiguity, adding the region would not be safe from the repercussions of the ongoing war in Europe.

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, El-Dukheri noted that supply chains would weaken, or sometimes interrupt, especially if the Russian-Ukrainian war continues.

He stressed that the Nouakchott Declaration, which was recently adopted during the 37th General Assembly meetings in the Mauritanian capital, had highlighted the issue of food insecurity, which would worsen with the war in Europe, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change.

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“Urgent measures must be taken to guarantee food security in the Arab region and maintain supply chains,” El-Dukheri underlined, adding: “In this context, we presented what was known as the Permanent Program for Arab Food Security, which is an integrated study that was conducted during the past two years in coordination with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and Arab foreign ministers.”

He pointed to the sustainable food security initiative, which was launched at the same time as the Nouakchott Declaration and detailed the arrangements required to achieve public food security.

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