Oil for food: the global food crisis and the Middle East

Introduction

The Gulf food security predicament

pt. I. Gulf food security : history, political economy, and geopolitics. Ethiopian wheat and American tires : Gulf food security and World War II

Rise and fall of the blooming desert : the self-sufficiency illusion

The food weapon : geopolitics in the Middle East

pt. II. Gulf food security and international agro-investments. The global land grab phenomenon

The Sudan bread-basket dream

Return to the future : current Gulf agro-investments

Explaining the implementation gap : money, water, and politics

Oil-for-food policies?

Introduction

The Gulf food security predicament

pt. I. Gulf food security : history, political economy, and geopolitics. Ethiopian wheat and American tires : Gulf food security and World War II

Rise and fall of the blooming desert : the self-sufficiency illusion

The food weapon : geopolitics in the Middle East

pt. II. Gulf food security and international agro-investments. The global land grab phenomenon

The Sudan bread-basket dream

Return to the future : current Gulf agro-investments

Explaining the implementation gap : money, water, and politics

Oil-for-food policies?