Reuters News Agency: According to Sudanese Officials agricultural investment by Arab countries in Sudan will make up to 50% of total investments by 2010.  The Arabian Peninsula with countries such as Qatar,  Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia and others consists mainly out of infertile desert land and depends heavily on food imports. In contrast Sudan is a big country with heavy rain fall and a vast agricultural potential, which supplies livestock, wheat, animal feeds and oil seeds to the Gulf region. Agricultural investments from Arab states  flowing into Sudan have grown from $700 million in 2007 to $3 billion in 2009, according to Sudanese officials. Read related article posted earlier “Technology Can Be Swapped for Africa’s Food” (capitaleritrea). Africa could see an increase of such investments in the  future, which might lead some African governments to shift their priority from feeding their own population to feeding other nations. Read more: Reuters News Agency.

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