Agri-Food Markets in Qatar: Drivers, Trends, and Policy Responses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
- Qatari ministries and public bodies (e.g., Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Ministry of Public Health, General Secretariat for Development Planning, Planning and Statistics Authority, Qatar Tourism Authority, Qatar National Human Rights Committee, General Tax Authority, Qatar National Bank);
- Research centers (e.g., Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Center on Governance, University of Ottawa; Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House; Economist Intelligence Unit);
- Consulting firms (e.g., Alpen Capital, Future Directions International);
- International organizations e.g., the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank.
3. Drivers
4. Trends
5. Challenges
6. Policy Responses
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Search Theme | Search String | Number of Records Identified through the Search | Number of Selected Records | References of Selected Records | Main Paper Sections Where Data from the Search Were Used * |
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Agriculture and agri-food in Qatar | Qatar AND (agriculture OR “agri-food” OR “agro-food” or “agrifood”) | 55 | 36 | Abu Baker et al. [84]; Ahmed and Al-Hajri [85]; Aktas et al. [86]; Al-Ansari et al. [87]; Al-Ansari et al. [88]; Alsheyab and Kusch-Brandt [89]; Al-Thani and Yasseen [90]; Blattner [91]; Dare and Mohtar [92]; Dare et al. [93]; Darwish and Mohtar [94]; Darwish et al. [95]; Darwish et al. [96]; Das et al. [97]; Elobeid et al. [98]; Eltai et al. [99]; Ganji et al. [100]; Govindan and Al-Ansari [101]; Grichting [102]; Grichting et al. [103]; Hussain et al. [104]; Issaka et al. [105]; Jaafar et al. [106]; Jasim et al. [107]; Lang and Mason [108]; Latif et al. [109]; Manawi et al. [110]; Mohammed and Darwish [111]; Mubarak [112]; Pirani and Arafat [113]; Rehrah et al. [114]; Shomar et al. [115]; Sippel [116]; Streetly and Kotoub [117]; Woertz [118]; Woldesellasse et al. [119] | 3. Drivers 4. Trends 5. Challenges 6. Policy responses |
Climate change in Qatar | Qatar AND “climate change” | 69 | 27 | Ahmadi et al. [120]; Ahmed and Nasrabadi [121]; Al Mamoon et al. [122]; Al Mamoon and Rahman [123]; Al-Ansari et al. [124]; AlSarmi and Washington [125]; AlSarmi and Washington [126]; Alsheyab [127]; Cheng et al. [128]; Doukas et al. [129]; El Shaer [72]; Freeman [130]; Hameed et al. [131]; Makido et al. [132]; Mamoon et al. [133]; Olabemiwo et al. [134]; Patlitzianas et al. [135]; Pilcher et al. [136]; PourMirza [137]; Qader [138]; Rafiee et al. [139]; Reiche [140]; Riegl and Purkis [141]; Shirkhani et al. [142]; Wabnitz et al. [143]; Wei et al. [144]; Zhang et al. [145] | 3. Drivers |
Food security and nutrition in Qatar | Qatar AND (“food security” OR nutrition OR diet) | 21 | 11 | Al-Ansari et al. [88]; Al-Ansari et al. [87]; Al Thani et al. [146]; Blattner [91]; Darwish et al. [95]; Darwish and Mohtar [94]; Darwish et al. [96]; Limam Mansar et al. [147]; Mohammed and Darwish [111]; Pirani and Arafat [113]; Woertz [118] | 4. Trends 5. Challenges |
Environmental footprints in Qatar | Qatar AND footprint | 26 | 16 | Al-Ansari et al. [148]; Al-Ansari et al. [124]; Alhaj et al. [149]; Al-Yaeeshi et al. [150]; Charfeddine [151]; Cosgrove [152]; Darwish et al. [153]; De Jong et al. [154]; Jaafar et al. [106]; Mohammed and Darwish [111]; Mourad et al. [155]; Mrabet and Alsamara [156]; Mrabet et al. [157]; Saboori et al. [158]; Sakhel et al. [159]; Woldesellasse et al. [119] | 5. Challenges |
Qatar and agri-food trade | Qatar AND food and (import OR export OR trade) | 32 | 6 | Blattner [91]; Elobeid et al. [98]; Latif et al. [109]; Mohammed and Darwish [111]; Pirani and Arafat [113]; Woertz [118] | 4. Trends 6. Policy responses |
Food waste in Qatar | Qatar AND (“food waste” or “food wastage”) | 9 | 8 | Abdelaal et al. [160]; Aktas et al. [86]; Bennbaia et al. [161]; Bennbaia et al. [162]; Elkhalifa et al. [163]; Irani et al. [164]; Mustafa [75]; Seed [165] | 5. Challenges |
Agriculture and food policies in Qatar | Qatar AND (policy OR strategy OR law) AND (agriculture OR food) | 57 | 21 | Aktas et al. [86]; Al-Abdulrazzak et al. [166]; Al-Kandari and Jukes [167]; Balkhy et al. [168]; Blattner [91]; Coats et al. [169]; Donnelly et al. [170]; Hameed et al. [131]; Hussain et al. [104]; Irani et al. [164]; Lang and Mason [108]; Mohammed and Darwish [111]; Moussa [171]; Mubarak [112]; Mustafa [75]; Nasreddine et al. [172]; Samara et al. [173]; Seed [165]; Shomar et al. [115]; Sippel [116]; Woertz [118] | 6. Policy responses |
CO2 Emissions per Capita (Tons) | World Ranking | |
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Qatar | 43.9 | 1 |
Kuwait | 25.8 | 4 |
Bahrain | 23.5 | 5 |
UAE | 22.9 | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 19.4 | 9 |
Oman | 15.2 | 15 |
Country | Global Rank | Rank in the Arab world |
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Qatar | 13 | 1 |
UAE | 21 | 2 |
Kuwait | 27 | 3 |
Saudi Arabia | 30 | 4 |
Oman | 46 | 5 |
Bahrain | 50 | 6 |
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Al-Meera | 2005 | 52 supermarkets |
Carrefour | 1999 | 5 hypermarkets and 5 supermarkets |
LuLu Hypermarket | - | 11 |
Family Food Centre | 1978 | 5 large retail stores |
Mega Mart | - | 5 |
Monoprix | 2018 | 5 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Cultivated Land Area | 16.20% | 13.90% | 16.20% | 19.40% | 17.30% | 18.20% | 17% | 17.80% |
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Ben Hassen T, El Bilali H, Al-Maadeed M. Agri-Food Markets in Qatar: Drivers, Trends, and Policy Responses. Sustainability. 2020; 12(9):3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093643
Chicago/Turabian StyleBen Hassen, Tarek, Hamid El Bilali, and Mohammed Al-Maadeed. 2020. "Agri-Food Markets in Qatar: Drivers, Trends, and Policy Responses" Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3643. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093643