Niedobór wody i żywności na Bliskim Wschodzie i w Afryce Północnej a perspektywy współpracy regionalnej
Water and Food Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa and Prospects for Regional Cooperation

Summary/Abstract: The Middle East and North Africa is facing serious development problems. The cause of many of them are largely natural phenomena, which are more and more often referred to as the new paradigm of regional development and points to the need to strengthen regional cooperation to limit the negative eff ects of these phenomena. One of them is the shortage of water, which has a negative impact on food production and agriculture, which is the main occupation of the region’s population. The situation in terms of access to water worsens as a result of climate warming, rising sea levels and decreasing amounts of precipitation. An additional factor is the expected doubling of the number of inhabitants of the region until 2050, which will increase the demand for water. Access to water resources has become a policy tool and a source of conflicts and wars. The most difficult situation is in this respect in the bass of Tigris and Euphrates and the Nile. A positive example is the cooperation of the Gulf Council States (GCC) in the production of drinking water from the sea and the more rational use of resources through recycling.

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