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Article: Has Saudi Arabia found the answer?(FOOD MANAGEMENT)(Elie Elhadj)(Interview)
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- The Middle East
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- August 1, 2008
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ELIE ELHADJ is among the Arab world's most respected, and controversial, bankers. Now retired following postings in New York, Philadelphia, London and Riyadh, he spoke to economic analyst PAMELA ANN SMITH about his recent research on water politics in Saudi Arabia and Syria, which is making an important contribution to the current debate in the Arab world about how to respond to global shortages of food, water, and the rising cost of food imports.
MORE THAN 20 years ago Saudi Arabia launched a programme to ensure food security. The intervening years and spiralling costs of agribusiness have shown this to be unfeasible in the current climate. In ...
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