Re-approaching food security of Qatar : challenges and possibilities

Abstract EN

Food security has been on the agenda of the Gulf Countries, especially after 2008 global food crisis, and has a new face with the current blockage imposed on Qatar since June 2017.

This study aims to discuss the challenges of food security in Qatar and the possible solutions in the context of/given the current Gulf Crisis.

Challenges and possibilities for the Qatari state in any condition of food insecurity are discussed in detail under the umbrella of food security literature and dimensions declared in Rome Declaration on World Food Security of 1996.

Qatar is quite vulnerable in terms of food security and this chronic problem requires multifaceted strategies and partners to eliminate it and ease the current situation rooted in the embargo conditions.

The research elaborates underlying impact of the Gulf crisis on this relatively small oil monarchy’s food insecurity and emphasizes the need of further development, despite all achievements done so far by the Qatari policy makers.