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Abstract Researcher Name: Sarah Hassan Mohammed Hassan Serag Thesis title: “The impact of the fluctuations in global markets for agricultural crops on the future of food security in Arab countries” “An econometric study”. A PhD thesis – Ain Shams University – Faculty of Commerce, Economics Department, 2015 The study aims at measuring the impact of the fluctuations in the international prices of agricultural food commodities on food security in Arab countries. In part one, the researcher gave an overview of the international markets of wheat, maize, and rice, in addition to the main reasons behind the fluctuations in the international prices of major agricultural food crops. Moving to part two, the researcher provided an overview of the main characteristics of the agricultural sector in Arab countries, in addition to studying the state of food security in Arab countries through some food security indicators. Finally, in part three, the researcher tried to measure the impact of the transmission of international food prices on food security in Arab countries. The researcher also provided some recommendations to face the problem of the fluctuations in the international prices of agricultural food commodities. The researcher used the theoretical and the analytical methodologies, in addition to the econometric methodology to measure the impact of the transmission of international food prices on food security in Arab countries. |