tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807039862321845767.post8229893890362404832..comments2023-11-03T05:44:53.557-04:00Comments on Rational republic: Food Insecurity in Arab CountriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826733025674909285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807039862321845767.post-50747805977461890252010-08-10T19:41:28.491-04:002010-08-10T19:41:28.491-04:00Nice fill someone in on and this enter helped me a...Nice fill someone in on and this enter helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you as your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807039862321845767.post-642084734926520752010-08-09T00:29:57.590-04:002010-08-09T00:29:57.590-04:00A very relevant article, however I have to stress ...A very relevant article, however I have to stress that the solution starts with Education. Yes the Arabs are the most importers of food in the world and they are the least educated in the world. 50% of the population, the women, have the highest illetracy rates in the world and the men follow their mothers.<br /><br />We need educated people who will have enough creativity to exploit all the arable arab land and exploit the seas for professional fishing and manage enough farms producing the meat and dairy products. So we need agricultural engineers, irrigation engineers, damn contructors engineers, veterinaries, etc… There is no reason why the fertile crescent all of it cannot be really fertile. How come the Jazeera area in Syria is becoming dry and people are leaving to the cities? You would think an area between 2 major rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris should be well irrigated and not waiting for the rain to fall. So are the areas in northern and western Syria. In Lebanon we could do a much better job in managing our water resources and have more producing arable land, look at the border with Israel, the Israeli side is flourishing with fields of fruit trees and the Lebanese side, the source of the water, dry and aride, why? Edcuated people are taking care of the other side of the border, and uneducated villagers are taking care of our side of the border.<br /><br />This subject is so big and diverse<br />that is impossible to deal with all of its aspects. By the way don’t depend too much on family planning, it would not work in the Arab world, a question of religion in which I do not want to venture…<br /><br />Any ways thank you Ghassan for raising such a crucial subject.Constantinnoreply@blogger.com