Food Security Analysis In Light Of The Food Prices Fluctuation In The Arab Regions With In The Period Of (2000-2018)

Abstract

By determining the reasons stand behind the increasing of food prices, particularly grains such as wheat, can find the alternative ways to decrease their effects. Where this price increasing has negative effects in different levels, and this is mainly connecting to the mentioned goods offering policies and specialization of resources. Moreover, the food exposure of Arab Economies to international food markets is considered a huge challenge to face the prices shocks, where the Arab Regions as a group import about %25 of the gross of grains in the international markets, which make them the biggest importer in the world. And their exposure increases with the increase of their imports and the weakness of their local production. Some of food prices increasing reasons is because of the lack of balance between offer and the commercial demand limitations of the exporting countries, and this is requesting to work towards the food relative prices stability through encouraging agricultural investments policies, and to make the agriculture a pioneer sector to achieve  suitable levels of Food Security