QCP 027 | Souhad A. Zaki, Food Economist | Understanding the State of Global Food Security

GUEST BIO Souhad Abou Zaki is a Curious Economist and a Rural Development Enthusiast. She is currently a Senior Admissions officer residing in Lebanon at Notre Dame University, Louaize. Souhad works as a Lecturer in Economics, teaching undergrad courses in Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, and International Economics. She is also a Research Consultant and Proposal Writer for Rural Entrepreneurs, helping conduct research on rural development-related topics, which include women's economic empowerment, food security, and social entrepreneurship. She holds a Degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut and a master's in Agricultural Economics and Development. She is currently pursuing another degree in food security. SHOW NOTES SEG 1 Lebanese Civil War Food Crisis of 2007 - 2008 Food Security World Food Waste Statistics Intervention from other countries SEG 2 Successes of her intervention work Sri Lanka Food Security Crisis Causes and Outlook of Increasing Food Security Crisis What is food security? How to create more food security as individual households Hospitality as it leads to over abundance Community Supportive Agriculture Incompetence vs Optimism Cronyism SEG 3 How to encourage the youth to pursue agricultural entrepreneurship? The state of the banking sector in Lebanon Subsidies for Agriculture Sectors (Pros and Cons) What is resilience? Localism Lebanese vs Filipino food SEG 4 Food Policy Poverty and Famines The downside of over specialization essential soft skills for the 21st century Effective stress management techniques (snippet) Essential Technical skills cloud computing