Jordan’s Elzubi Warns of a Severe Trial for Arab Food Security

Dr. Fadel ELZUBI, former Head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Mission, warned of the widening repercussions of the global fertilizer crisis on food security systems. He stressed that Jordan, as a country dependent on imports of food, energy, and agricultural inputs, is not immune to the effects of this crisis—particularly given the deep linkage between energy and fertilizer prices, which imposes mounting pressures on agricultural production costs and food supply chains.

ELZUBI to Al-Rai: The Burden of Fires

ELZUBI highlighted that the most neglected dimension in protecting fields remains the farmer’s economic safety net. Preventive measures, however necessary, remain incomplete without an effective agricultural insurance system that compensates farmers quickly and fairly, encouraging them to continue rather than abandon their land.