Arab Spatial Development and Food Security Atlas Preview 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:
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Food Security & Development in the Arab World - In Transition?
IFPRI Policy Seminar "Food Security & Development in the Arab World - In Transition?" presentation by Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow (IFPRI) at IFPRI on November 7, 2012.
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Arab Spatial Development and Food Security Atlas
Preview
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