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Agrarian transition and food security in a Lebanese village.

Weber, Cara (2018)

Background: Lebanon’s development trajectory has been severely impacted by political challenges internally and from abroad resulting in an urban-biased government disassociated from the country’s rich agricultural history. ...
Agrarian transition and food security in the village of Khreibet El Jundi, Akkar, Lebanon.

El-Jundi, Nour (2019)

Background: Lebanon has witnessed an agrarian transition since the 1960s. The transition was manifested by the decline in agricultural share to GDP, as well as, the decrease in Lebanese agrarians. Drivers of agrarian ...
Agrarian transition and food security in the village of Nabha, Central Bekaa.

Amhez, Nour El Houda (2019)

Agrarian transition is a global phenomenon affecting most countries. It is manifested by the decrease in the contribution of agriculture to GDP, the decrease in the number of agricultural workers, the detachment of agrarians ...
Assessing ecologically sound practices influencing climate change adaptation strategies and food security : a case of smallholder farmers in central Bekaa, Lebanon.

Al Dirani, Aliaa Ahmad (2019)

Background: Climate change impacts are likely to occur in and are channeled through agriculture, which is the most natural resource-based and climate-sensitive sector. The study examined the local smallholder perceptions, ...
Can a Territorial Based Approach Improve Food Availability and Food Access in Lebanon Today?

Beydoun, Jana (9/14/2022)

The level at which Food Security should be governed has been largely debated in the literature: some argue that food security should involve the government only while others see that every actor from farm to fork should ...
Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in the Time of COVID - 19 Pandemic among Adult Refugees in Kyaka II Settlement in Uganda.

Ssegawa, Micheal (5/18/2022)

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in many unprecedented ways, inter alia, threatening the food and nutrition security of vulnerable populations, particularly those living in low-to-middle-income ...
The Contribution of Urban Agriculture to Food Security in Post-Conflict Syria

Alhasan, Ali (5/9/2021)

Background: In Syria, three quartiles (74%) of the total population live in cities by 2050, with scarce water and energy resources as the country is located in an arid and semi-arid region and under the American sanctions. ...
Culinary and Nutrition Transitions in a Lebanese Bedouin Tribe

Green, Kimberly (9/18/2021)

Despite the abundance of literature on food and nutrition security, there is still a lack of research addressing the importance of cooking skills, particularly how culinary heritages can affect food and nutrition security. ...
Eat Like a Canaanite: Healthy Living in Sustainable Landscapes

Al Rajji, Lea (2024-05-13)

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), historically referred to the Levant, faces the triple burden of malnutrition, culinary transition and environmental degradation. Current trends towards sustainable food-based dietary ...
The Economic Cost and Environmental Impacts of Shifting to Healthier Dietary Patterns in Lebanon

Khalil, Zahraa (9/22/2020)

Background: Following the release of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainable diets – dietary patterns and guidelines with various impacts on non-communicable diseases – were explored to minimize the effects ...
The Effect of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on the Livelihoods of Agro-Pastoral Communities in Baidoa District-Bay Region, Somalia

Abdirahman, Mustaf Abdullahi (8/20/2021)

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes have become a focus of global climate science and environmental research since the introduction of ‘Land use and land cover project’ in the early 1990s by the International ...
The Effects of the Covid-19 and the Economic Crises on Food Behaviors and Food Safety in Beirut, Lebanon

Mesrobian, Alik (5/18/2022)

Background: Lebanon is going through a major economic crisis that has caused food prices to increase by 483% between January 2021 and January 2022 (Lebanon Food Security Portal, Brief #24). Parallel to this, globally there ...
Enhancing Local Food Security in Lebanon Through Organic Agriculture: The Prospects of a Participatory Guarantee System for Smallholders

Touma, Rania (9/15/2021)

In Lebanon, like in most developing countries, small and marginal farmers are among the most vulnerable and food insecure. In such contexts, investing in smallholders becomes essential. Therefore, enabling smallholders to ...
Exploring the perceptions and experiences of Syrian refugees towards the food and basic needs assistance modalities in Tyre, Lebanon : a qualitative study

Nisr, Reem Mohammad (2019)

Background: Into its ninth year, the Syrian crisis remains one of the largest humanitarian disasters that have serious repercussions on the food and nutrition security of displaced individuals in Syria and neighboring ...
Exploring the Potential of Treated Wastewater Reuse for Irrigation in the Beqaa under Current and Future Climate Scenarios

Soufi, Abdulrahman (2024-05-08)

The water resources in Lebanon are facing severe pressure due to the increase in the population, with the accompanying climatic changes that have exacerbated the water shortage problem. This study investigates the potential ...
Exploring the potential role of urban agriculture as a community engagement strategy in universities during a food security crisis: the American university of Beirut as a case study

Tamer, Melody (5/18/2022)

In light of the compounded crises Lebanon has been going through since 2019, food security concerns have increasingly grown amongst Lebanese people who have resorted to an array of coping strategies. The economic downfall ...
Food System Resilience in Resource-Poor Countries in Conflict and Crisis: A Diagnosis of the Lebanese Food System

Russell, John (12/28/2021)

Food systems thinking has overwhelmingly become recognized as the most effective form of holistically and comprehensively addressing issues within food systems and the systems connected to them. These systems produce social, ...
Lebanese Agricultural Exports and the 2020 Financial Crisis: Changing Dynamics and their Economic and Food Security Implications

Ferguson, Nathaniel Holmes (2/2/2022)

In 2020, Lebanese agriculture was adversely affected by the financial crisis. International organizations and local experts reported that domestic production would likely decrease, due to the inability of many farmers to ...
LEBANON’S FOOD QUESTION: CAN WE IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY IN LIGHT OF AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES –THE CASE OF AREC

Makarim, Ayman (8/18/2021)

Climate change and population growth are increasing the stress on the finite freshwater resources worldwide with direct implications on food security and nutrition. This water stress must be averted immediately through ...
Linking household food insecurity with food safety knowledge and practices of Syrian refugee mothers : findings from a pilot study in the Bekaa region, Lebanon -

Nashef, Nour Antoine (2018)

Background: Lebanon has been witnessing a large influx of Syrian refugees following the start of the Syrian crisis. Around 1 million registered refugees are living in Lebanon of whom 91percent of suffer from food insecurity. ...

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