STAPLES Project: : Experts Tackling Food Security & Trade Resilience in MENA

Food Security in MENA. Challenges, Solutions & Expert Insights: an interview with the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) Food security is a critical issue across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, where global crises have exacerbated existing vulnerabilities. Many countries in the region, particularly Egypt and Morocco, are highly dependent on cereal imports, […]
STAPLES on Egyptian Cabinetย Information and Decision Support Center IDSC

STAPLES is is featured in on the Future Prospects- Issue 5 (January 2025) of ู ุฑูุฒ ุงูู ุนููู ุงุช ูุฏุนู ุงุชุฎุงุฐ ุงููุฑุงุฑ ุจู ุฌูุณ ุงููุฒุฑุงุก – Egyptian Cabinetย Information and Decision Support Center IDSC, a prestigious publication featuring insights from leading experts and researchers, analysing key political, economic, social, and technological trends at global and regional levels. Dina Moawadโs, within […]
STAPLES presented at the 4th Fez Meknes Economic Forum
STAPLES Project was presented by the ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ by the partner ASCAME-Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry -under the theme “๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฌ: ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐-๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ I๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ: ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ & ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ ASCAME was one of the partners of this edition organized by the CCIS Fรจs-Meknรจsย and theย Foundation Forum รconomique Fรจs-Meknรจsย from December […]
Emerging Economies in Global Value Chains: Spotlight on STAPLES
On November 29th, the STAPLES project featured at the event โ10 Years of the Turin Centre on Emerging Economies: Lessons Learned and Perspectives for the Futureโ, organized by the OEET (Osservatorio Economie Emergenti di Torino) in partnership with Collegio Carlo Alberto (CCA), the Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti De Martiis,” and Fondazione Compagnia di […]
Plenary meeting 5 novembre
EVENT: STAPLES PLENARY MEETING November 5, 2024 – half-day plenary meeting of the STAPLES project The first half-day plenary meeting of the STAPLES project convened on November 5, gathering project partners to discuss key project elements. The meeting aimed to finalize detailed definitions of target countries, primary crops, and value chain stages and refining data […]
STAPLES PRIMA DAY event
EVENT: PRIMA PROJECT DAY22-23 October 2024, Barcelona We’re excited to share that STAPLES participated in PRIMA Project Day 2024! ย Held on October 22-23 in beautiful Barcelona, this two-day event brought together innovative projects committed to advancing sustainability across the Mediterranean.Representing STAPLES, PhD Marta Marson joined researchers, project teams, and experts from around the region, connecting […]
STAPLES kick-off meeting
EVENT 2-3 May 2024, Politecnico di Milano We would like to recap the successful kick-off meeting of the STAPLES project, which took place some months ago at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. Though time has passed since that event, the momentum created during those two days continues to […]
Diving into STAPLES Project. Interview with PhD Researcher Marta Marson.
Autor credit: ASCAME The STAPLES Project came up with the aim at addressing issues related with theย dependence of MENA countries on imported cerealsย and their consequent exposure to shocks from the value chain. Specifically, MENA countries are particularly exposed to international shocks in cereals markets because they largely rely on imports to feed their population. A […]