Two recent articles point to the scientific realities of the African continent and the potential it has for tremendously enhancing the sustainability of the growing world population. The first, published last year argues that the vastly uninhabited regions of the northern continent where the Sahara desert stretches, could be used to build massive solar farms that could theoretically power the whole planet. The second, published more recently suggests that Africa could also feed most of the worlds population with it’s vast stretches of fertile soil and uninhabited land...[continue reading]
Monday, July 06, 2009
Africa Could Feed and Fuel the World
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I read somewhere that the most fertile land in the land is in Sudan, the jazeera agricultural project there could feed all Africa.
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Africa is blessed to have enough fertile land to feed all its population. But i am afraid Africa is running out of time to do so while at the same some of those lands are being leased to foreign countries. It is so paradoxical that the continent with the most hungry population happened to have so much fertile land.
I just wanted to insert a small point of correction here....Africa actually basically fuels the world....feed maybe not just yet...
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