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Climate variability, 18, 28, 30, 39
Coastal zones, defined, 5
Codex, 55, 87
CODIS, 73
Collaboration, 108, 112–13
Collective farms, 49
Common Agricultural Policy, 50, 100
Communication. See Information and communications
technology
Community organizations, 50, 52, 52t
Competition, pricing policies and, 101–2
COM-STECH-OIC, 46
Conflicts, 7, 8b, 45, 76–77, 90, 151–52
Conservation agriculture, 103
Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGAIR), 23, 46, 48, 59–60,
72–73
Contract farming, 87
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 29,
46, 120, 141
Cooperation, 3, 71–72, 84, 105–7, 143
Cooperatives, 49, 52t, 87
Crop breeding. See Plant breeding
Crop rotation, 73, 74, 123, 149
Crop-livestock-range systems, 32
Customs Union, 99
Cut-stone reservoirs, 70–71

D
Dams, 23–25, 37–39, 55–56, 71
Darfur, 7, 8b, 90
Databases, 75, 144
Date palms, 21–22
Decision making, 93–94, 108, 145
Deforestation, 29, 88, 132
Degradation
agricultural biodiversity and, 43–44
climate change and, 131
forestry and, 126–27
as key issue, 28
livestock and, 125–26
severity of, 40t
sustainability and, 119–20, 136–37
trends in, 84, 90
water quality and, 39–41
Demography
as driver, 86, 86t, 93
as key issue, 20
land ownership and, 29
price-formation policies and, 102
well-being and, 10–11
Desalination plants, 35
Desertification, 18, 19, 42t, 43t, 70–72, 120
Development strategies, 48–49, 49t
Direct drivers, 85, 86–93
Discrimination. See Gender roles
Diseases (human), 93, 101, 150. See also Nutritional
status
Diversity. See Agrobiodiversity; Biodiversity
Doha Development Agenda, 50, 86–87, 100, 152
Domestication, 7, 20
Double cropping, 73
Drainage, irrigation and, 39
Drivers
climate change as, 85, 86t, 90–91
demographics and human health as, 86,
86t, 93
   economic, 85, 86–87
energy consumption as, 85, 86t, 91
food demand and consumption patterns as,
85, 86t, 87–88
human resources as, 85, 86t, 91–92
land and water resource management as, 85,
86t, 89–90
natural and agricultural resource management
as, 85, 86t, 88–89
overview of key, 85–86, 86t
science and technology as, 86, 86t, 92–93
sociopolitical, 86, 86t, 93–94
Drought
hydraulic equipment and, 55–56
as key issue, 19
need for research and, 103
risk management policies and, 52–54, 55–56
water quality and, 40
Drylands, agricultural biodiversity and, 47–48
Dust storms, 7

E
Economic factors
as driver, 85, 86–87
food security and, 133
macroeconomic indicators and, 7–10, 9t, 10t,
65–66
price-formation policies and, 102
sustainability and, 122
underground economy and, 11
water demand management and, 136
Economic sustainability, 122
Ecosystem services, paid, 110
Ecosystems, 3–7, 19–20
EC/PGR. See European Cooperative Program for
Plant Genetic Resources
Education. See also Extension services
capacity enhancement and, 22, 72–73, 91–92
farmer training and, 67, 114
integration of, 142–43, 143f, 146b
limited access to, 2
research and development and, 57t, 58,
58t, 59t
social processes and, 111
Egypt, 8b, 24, 34, 71–72, 146b
El Aouareb Dam, 56
Emissions, 7, 29, 132–33. See also Climate
change
Employment
as driver, 85, 86t, 91–92
labor markets and, 65–66, 65f
research and development and, 58
sustainability and, 121
Enabling mechanisms, 114–15, 132
Endangered species, 29, 42, 44t, 45–46, 51t,
140–41
Energy consumption, 85, 86t, 91, 152–54
Enforcement, 3, 115
Environmental quality standards, 50, 51t
Environmental sustainability, 121–22
Erosion, 6–7, 8b, 18, 19, 38, 138. See also Soils
ESICM. See Expert Systems for Improved Crop
Management Project
European Cooperative Program for Plant Genetic
Resources (EC/PGR), 46
European Union, 50, 51t
Evapotranspiration, 5, 37
  Ex ante risk management, 53–54
Ex post coping, 53
Exotic species, 53, 127
Expert Systems for Improved Crop Management
Project (ESICM), 146b
Exports, 13, 13f, 60–61, 61f, 62t, 121. See also
Trade
Extension services
integration of, 142–43, 143f, 146b
need for investment in, 25, 71
soil and land management and, 137–38
technology transfer and, 25, 66–67
Extinctions. See Endangered species

F
Farmer field schools, 67
Farmers associations, 30
Feedstuff production, 32, 63, 132
Feminization of agriculture, 17, 65, 76–77,
91–92, 110–12. See also Gender roles
Fertility rates, 11
Fertilizers, 33, 88, 149. See also Agrochemicals
Figeh source, 56
Fisheries
endangered species and, 141
food safety and, 151
overview of, 18–19
rational management of, 140, 147
sustainability and, 127, 132
Floodwater harvesting, 39
Flour, 60–61
Foggarras, 72
Food safety
intensification of livestock production and,
150–51
overview of, 100–101
risk management and, 55
trade and, 50, 51t, 87
zoonoses and, 35, 101, 150
Food security
agrobiodiversity and, 20
biotechnology and, 92–93, 104, 130–31
breeding programs and, 43, 48, 53, 103,
122–23, 131–32, 140–41
gene banks and, 20, 45, 46, 48, 88, 104,
120, 140
genetic resources and, 22–23
globalization and, 133
land resource management and, 89
overview of, 12–14
patterns in as driver, 85, 119
pests and, 53
production trends and, 59–60
trade and, 100
Foot-and-mouth disease, 53
Forecasting, 56
Forestry, 127–28, 129t
Forests, 30
Fragmentation, 3, 49, 89
Free market system, 101–2. See also Trade
Fruits, 32, 62–63

G
GAP. See South Eastern Anatolian Project
GATT, 46, 50, 100
GDP. See Gross domestic product
GEF. See Global Environment Facility