This document summarizes a presentation on food security and nutrition in the southern Mediterranean region. It provides an overview of the food security situation, highlighting structural issues like food deficits, high unemployment, and declining natural resources. It also examines case studies from the occupied Palestinian territory, Egypt, and Tunisia to illustrate household-level food insecurity challenges. The summary concludes that poverty is a core challenge, unemployment is high, and social protection programs will be increasingly important for resilience in the vulnerable context. It also identifies policy options like natural resource management and reforming social safety nets.