ELZUBI on Al Jazeera – Wildfires and Their Global Food Risk

“The impact moves directly into international markets through reduced supply and rising prices. The market does not have sufficient alternative sources to absorb the gap in the short term. This is a structural fragility in global food supply chains, not merely a seasonal incident.”

ELZUBI @ Roya TV – Food Security in Jordan

Four out of five indicators are moving in the right direction or remain at low levels. The only indicator that represents a real health burden is obesity — a form of malnutrition by excess, not by deficiency.
• “Jordan is moving against the regional trend. While the number of hungry people in the Arab world rose to 77.5 million, the prevalence of undernourishment in Jordan fell from 17.9% to 12.2% over two reporting cycles.”
• “The wasting rate of 2.3% is not an ordinary figure — it is among the lowest in the world, a testament more to Jordan’s primary health infrastructure than to sheer food abundance.”
• “But let me be precise: these indicators measure outcomes, not resilience. Jordan purchases its food security; it does not produce it. Any good figure in a stable year does not tell us how the system will withstand a shock year.”
• “The report warns that the conflicts of 2026 and energy prices will raise the cost of nutrient-rich foods in particular — meaning the coming risk is not about food quantity, but food quality. This explains why we can have obesity at 35% and anemia at the same time.”
• “The priority is not expanding cultivated land — water does not allow it. The priority is water efficiency, cold chains, reducing losses, and diversifying corridors. Seventy to seventy-five percent of food costs are paid beyond the farm gate, not inside it.”