Drying sands of North Africa

Although global shock waves in the past few years have taken a heavy toll on the food supply chain in the countries of North Africa (the Maghreb), those challenges can hardly be compared with the repercussions of the catastrophic water scarcity that lies ahead. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), was already one of the most food insecure regions in the world even before the turbulence of the past several years unravelled, Marianne Grosclaude, World Bank Agriculture and Food Practice Mana