Rural communities and livestock herders/owners are facing the dire consequences of gradual removal of susbsidies and increase of fodder price. A traditional way of life is threatened with severe socio-economic impacts. IRIN reports http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80695   High fodder prices, drought and government policies have caused a sharp drop in livestock numbers in Jordan... [read more]

Another alarming article published by the New York Times (July 21st) about the precarious effects of the combined water and food problems in the Middle East.   By Andrew Martin   Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply... [read more]