Food security as a national security issue
Future vision of Egyptian society
A paper presented at the international conference of Zaqazeq university, "social
sciences and the image of society future", Egypt, 4-5 April, 2009
Dr. Mahdy Mohammad El-Kassas
Associate professor of Sociology
Faculty of Arts – Mansoura University
Egypt
e-mail:
[email protected]
Abstract
The current research aims at identifying the importance of food security in the
Egyptian society as a matter of national security, the mechanisms and means to achieve
this and the state's role in support of the Egyptian farmer to increase productivity and to
ensure this right, especially in light of globalization. The research raises the following
main question: What is the nature of food security in Egypt? To answer this question;
the research raises the following sub-questions: (1) What is the importance of the village
to provide food for the population? (2) What causes the current crisis in food security
and manifestations? (3) What are the mechanisms provided by the state to promote food
security? (4) What are the future strategies to achieve food security? The research is
exploratory- interpretative in the light of the available historical data and the results of
previous studies. The research concludes with emphases on supporting the trend towards
investment in agriculture, encouraging small farmers and to provide appropriate support
and outreach, support for small businesses in the food and service industries associated
with the agricultural sector and mapping of research in agricultural science of the points
that the community needs (such as increased production of wheat) and to encourage
researchers to work on those points.
To refer: El-Kassas, Mahdy Mohammad, Food security as a national security issue: Future vision of Egyptian society, A
paper presented at the international conference of Zaqazeq university, "social sciences and the image of society future",
Egypt, 4-5 April, 2009, pp. 218-229.
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