geopolitical tenSionS rhyme with food dependency in the mena region

Abstract

Since the 1970s, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has
been heavily dependent on cereal imports. Egypt, Algeria and Libya are
among the main wheat-importing nations. This dependence has been accompanied by commercial rivalry between exporting countries to capture the
markets in this zone. The Russian Federation has been a major player on
the Egyptian market since 2013. The current geopolitical tensions not only
confirm this degree of dependence, but are also upsetting the hierarchy of
cereal exporting nations. A major geopolitics of cereals is taking hold in
the global agricultural landscape.