Major Challenges for Sustainable Agriculture
                                                , Climate Change
                                        Water crises Food Safety
                                                    Food Security
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           Threats of Climate change on food security
     •   According (IPCC), Climate change 
         is already hampering agricultural 
         growth.
     •   Climate  change  is  estimated  to 
         have  already  reduced  global 
         yields  of  maize  and  wheat  by 
         3.8% and 5.5% respectively.
     •   40% of  jobs  in  the  Arab  region 
         are  derived  from  Agriculture.  By 
         2050 production may decline due 
         to    less    rainfall    and     hotter 
         conditions
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          Climate change Assessment of the  Arab region 
                                           Evolution of Agriculture contribution to 
                                                                GDP in NENA
  Source: RICCAR, Arab Climate Change Assessment Report – Main Report. Beirut, 
  E/ESCWA/SDPD/2017/RICCAR/Report. 
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       Vulnerability of the Arab region to Climate Change 
     •   One of the most vulnerable to the 
         potential   negative  effects  of 
         climate change. 
     •   Over  the  past  30  years,  climate 
         disasters   affected  50  million 
         people in the Arab region, with a 
         reported cost of US$11.5 billion.
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         Climate Change …Water Gap 2050  in the NENA region
         •     IPCC  identifies  the  Middle  East  and 
               North  Africa  region  as  the  region 
               most  severely  affected  by  climate 
               change,  particularly  because  the 
               effects  will  stress  already  severe 
               water scarcity. 
         •     Climate  models  predict  significant 
               increase             in        temperature                  and 
               reduction in precipitation in much of 
               Mediterranean                    Africa,            northern 
               Sahara,                and             the            eastern 
               Mediterranean,  ranging  from  10-
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               30%.