Cereal supply and import vulnerability across MENA economies
Cereal supply and import vulnerability across MENA economies The content published on this website is an excerpt from the original articles recently published by the The Forum | ERF Policy Portal. “How trade policy can reduce MENA’s cereal import vulnerability” by Fida Karam, Amr Khafagy and Chahir Zaki “The weak bread chain: cereal […]
Food security: The Strait of Hormuz and MENA vulnerability
Food security: The Strait of Hormuz and MENA vulnerability Iacopo Maria TaddeiCollegio Carlo Alberto (CCA), Turin Giorgia Giovannetti Department of Economics, University of Florence Collegio Carlo Alberto (CCA), Turin The content published on this website is an excerpt from the original article recently published by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) as […]
Takeaways for Dashboard and Decision Support System
Takeaways for Dashboard and Decision Support System Excerpt for Deliverable 2.3 May 2026 Author: Università di Scienze gastronomiche di Pollenzo This article presents the main findings from Tasks 2.1 (Resilience enhancing trade policies) and Task 2.2 (Private and Public Stocks and Storage) of the Work Package 2 by the title of “Developing innovative solutions […]
Firms’ reactions to shocks: Insights from Morocco
Firms’ reactions to shocks: Insights from Morocco Preliminary results of the survey of T1.3 June 2026 Authors: L. Piscitello and M. C. Vignali (Politecnico di Milano) During the first months of data collection for the STAPLES survey on Morocco and Egypt, we began to gather evidence on how cereal global value chain (CGVC) actors have […]
State of the art of platforms and identification of requirements
State of the art of platforms and identification of requirements A short excerpt from Deliverable 4.1 February 2025 Authors: M. Marson, F. Caniato, L. Baresi (Politecnico di Milano) Digital tools for cereal value chain resilience Global supply chain disruptions pose significant challenges to cereal supply chains in the MENA region, particularly in Egypt and Morocco, affecting […]
Why Egypt imports billions worth of wheat despite having agricultural land
Why Egypt imports billions worth of wheat despite having agricultural land April 2026 Author: Dina Moawad (University of gastronomic Science of Pollenzo) The question of why Egypt imports billions of dollars worth of wheat despite having agricultural land comes up frequently—and finding an answer is indeed needed. Egypt’s wheat imports are often seen as […]
Resilience indicators toolkit and resilience assessment
Resilience indicators toolkit and resilience assessment A short excerpt from Deliverable 1.3 January 2026 Author: L. Piscitello (Politecnico di Milano) Resilience assessment and the capacity to resist, adapt, and recover from shocks Global food supply chains have been increasingly tested by systemic shocks, from geopolitical tensions to climate and macroeconomic issues. In the MENA region, cereal […]
Multi-scenario analysis of stressors and shocks, and the related impacts on the supply chain
Multi-scenario analysis of stressors and shocks, and the related impacts on the supply chain. A short excerpt from Deliverable 1.2 October 2025 Authors: A. Amighini (CCA), G. Giovannetti (CCA), F. Karam (ERF), A. Khafagy (ERF), I.M. Taddei (CCA), C. Zaki (ERF) Network-based analysis of trade flows and stressors This report presents a network-based analysis of […]
International food prices, poverty and hunger
International food prices, poverty and hunger Scientific publication – May 2025 Climate change, conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic have increased pressure on global food markets, raising international food prices and exposing vulnerable populations to higher risks of poverty and deprivation. The recent study “International Food Prices, Poverty and Hunger”, co-authored by Marta Marson (Politecnico di […]
Global agri-food value chains for cereals in the MENA region with mapping of players, trade flows, and products exchanged
Global agri-food value chains for cereals in the MENA region with mapping of players, trade flows, and products exchanged. A short excerpt from Deliverable 1.1 July 2025 Authors: A. Amighini (CCA), G. Giovannetti (CCA), F. Karam (ERF), A. Khafagy (ERF), I.M. Taddei (CCA), C. Zaki (ERF) Cereal trade in MENA countries (1995–2023) This deliverable is […]
