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In the perspective of globalization, the Middle East and North Africa countries must revise soundly their irrigation strategies, pay more attention to virtual water trade and resolve problems of transboundary water resource management, if they want to maintain an irrigation sector able to secure a minimum food security.
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In this paper, the MENA region consists of Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza and Yemen.
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Looks at the links between water and food security
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Belloumi, M., Matoussi, M. Water Scarcity Management in the MENA Region from a Globalization Perspective. Development 51, 135–138 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100449
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100449