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This chapter attempts to achieve two objectives: the first consists of mapping out the current Research and Development (R&D) on agriculture and food security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the world; and the second is to advocate the case for urgent need of further and immediate investment in R&D in this sector. These two objectives are framed within a wider discussion of the growing vulnerability of the Gulf region in terms of food and agriculture. Identifying aspects of this vulnerability along with adverse side effects of adopting outsourcing food security policies would further expose the urgency of R&D in this area, and points at issues and agendas that should be granted priority. The multiplicity of pressures faced by the GCC in the field of meeting local demands for food provision generate a high level of uncertainty to be left without close scientific research and problem-solving, both represent a prerequisite for making right decisions and draft effective strategies.
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Keskin, H. (2014). Agricultural Research and Development and Food Security in the Gulf Region. In: Shahid, S., Ahmed, M. (eds) Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05768-2_10
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