The Political and Economic Dimensions of Arab Water Security and Their Impact on Food Security (2000-2013)

Abstract

The study aimed to recognize the political and economic dimensions of the Arab water security and their impact on food security. The study was launched from a zero-hypothesis that considers the political and economic dimensions of the Arab water security impacts on the Arab food security and there is a connection between the Arab water and the food production resources.

The study problem emerges from the close connection between the Arab water security and the Arab food. The impact of this connection is reflected on the political and economic conditions of the Arab societies whether negative or positive. That is why the researcher has studied this connection through answering the question (what is the impact of the political and economic dimensions of the Arab water security on the Arab food security?). to achieve the aims of the study and to check the hypotheses, the functional methodology was used through political geography.

The study reached important recommendations; the necessity of the Arab cooperation in the field of water by establishing complete plans which organize the process of food production, providing water, developing the Arab water resources to meet the needs of the developmental plans, building dams of every kind to save water for the times  of summer and draughts, to establish an Arab fund to face the cases of the lack of water and providing food, to invest the Arab capitals in the field of water and food, to find a united Arab strategy based on cooperation.