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Borrowing Food Production Capacity

There are many food insecure countries, According to the Economist’s Global Food Security Index most reside in Africa, but there are others around the world. Measures things like availability, affordability, quality and safety, Jordan scores 47th out of 113 countries ranked. The country must import 95 percent of its needs in staple crops like wheat and barley. Jordan has just struck one of the more unique approaches to the problem. It will plant these two crops in Algeria for shipment back to Jordan. Jordan is one of the smallest economies in the MENA region, but it is considered to be upper middle income. It scores high on the Human Development Index and has invested heavily in education. By wisely using its development assistance f...

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