With insufficient arable land of their own, Arab countries are farming in Sudan to secure their food future.
Early last year Karin reported on a troubling trend – a neo-colonial land grab occurring in Africa: Britain, Sweden, Germany, and South Korea have all usurped fertile African land in order to develop various agricultural pursuits. Then Gulf countries entered the fray since the combination of their own non-arable land and dependence on Western countries for food signaled a potentially insecure future.
That trend now appears to be escalating. Egypt is taking advantage of its Arab ties with Southern Sudan and has signed agreements to allow private companies to grow food to feed its burgeoning population, while the United Arab Emirates controls more farm acreage in Sudan than they have in their own country.
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Lacking sufficient water to grow enough wheat for its burgeoning population, Egypt (above pic of Suez Canal farm) looks to other Nile Basin countries for land and water.
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