Food Security & Development in the Arab World - In Transition?

Arab Spatial Development and Food Security Atlas

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Presenter: Clemens Breisinger

Developed by Olivier Ecker, Jose Funes, Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger, and Spatial Development International;

with inputs and support from Kang Chiu, Susana Crespo, Nadim Khouri, Jawoo Koo, Maria Losacco, Jean Francois Maystadt, Jean Francois Trinh-Tan, Nancy

Walczak, Liangzhi You, Bingxin Yu, Omer Zafar and others.

Supported by:

Objectives of Arab Spatial

• Improve access to quality information – on food security and related development data– interactive mapping experience and analytical tools

• Support decision and policy making – for policy makers, analysts, researchers, media and the

public– through a mix of easily accessible information and

analytical tools

What is special about Arab Spatial?

• Emphasizes linkages between food security and development

• Focuses on macroeconomic- and micro dimensions• Captures spatial dimension at sub-national levels• Connects data to real world images• Produces multi-layer maps• Prints and export function• Arab Spatial can be easily expanded and updated• Open access

Food security and development

Data

• WDI databank • IMF• WHO• FAO• NASA/NOAA• CGIAR• IFPRI• Etc.

Next steps

• Going “live” in early December 2012 under www.arabspatial.org

• Soft launches in Cairo etc. and online launch • From “start-up” to growth– Add data– Add analytical tools– Expand the network of contributors among

national, regional and international organizations