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We have argued in the previous chapter that the global food crisis had a profound effect on the Arab countries in economic, social, and political terms. Arab governments have responded to this crisis with a variety of short-term measures and in many cases also with a more fundamental reappraisal of their food security strategies. The short-term responses have largely involved the introduction of a number of government interventions in the attempt to mitigate the adverse socioeconomic impact of rising food prices, whilst the longer-term responses have included a new emphasis on more domestic food production and programmes to acquire land in third-party countries.
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Harrigan, J. (2014). The Arab Response to the Global Food Crisis. In: The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137339386_5
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