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As the three-day Global Food Security Forum opened in Rabat on 7 March, Fahad Al-Attiya, Chairman of the Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP), called on arid and semi-arid countries to work together to confront the threat of food insecurity.

The Sahel is under intense pressure from increased population and land degradation many areas now encrusted abandoned farms, allotted to women. ICRISAT scientists are helping women recover these lands and transform them into horticultural farms