“The Future of Agricultural Development in the Arab World until 2000

Abstract

The study consists of an introduction, a preface and two chapters. The introduction outlines the possibility of achieving food security in the Arab world. The preface depicts the reality of the Arab food situation and its relationship with development, initiation of the Arab Organization for Investment and Agricultural Development (AOIAD) and its main objectives and programs, projects that have been completed, lagging projects and reasons behind shortage and lagging of projects of Arab agricultural integration. The first chapter tackles the issue of development in the Arab world, increasing its rates and facing economic domination elements. It also explains the key problems and how to solve them and the shortage of trade balance to provide requisites of development in many countries. The second chapter discusses food problems in the Arab countries, shortage of food productivity capacities and expansion of food gap. It also outlines the problem of food consumption needs of population, the most important economic characteristics of Arab agricultural production and to what extent they affect its capacity, development and products. It also explains characteristics of the Arab crop composition, dimensions of food gap, its development in future, its main goods shortages, its correlation with the Arab food security problem and economic development as well as financing difficulties that correlate with urban growth based on food import. The research clearly highlights food security problem and to what extent the Arab countries need to import main food goods. It also puts forward solutions for economic growth and financing difficulties that are associated with urban growth.