Speaking on
the summit, the Minister of Water and Environment Development, who will be
speaking at the summit. Dr Rashid bin Fahad, confirmed to NaijaAgroNet that
the region is entering a new period of
economic growth, underpinned by a burgeoning population with a high dependence
on imported food.
“Food security
is an immediate priority,” Fahad said, stressing that execution of a core food
security strategy is essential to provide a sustainable growth platform.
“More and more
consistently over the last six to seven years, the GCC states are trying to
develop a strategic intervention on food security,” said Zahra Babar, the
associate director for research at the Centre for International and Regional
Studies at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
“Globally,
when institutions talk about food security, largely, they’re identifying
countries where access to food is something that is difficult. The most
insecure part of the world tends to be in sub-Saharan Africa so, traditionally,
you don’t think of Gulf states as insecure as they have some of the highest
GDPs in the world and they can easily meet their food needs.”
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