When the Jordanian army went shopping for land in northern Sudan in late 1999, its scouts came across what appeared to be a food-growing paradise.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sudan%E2%80%99s-bid-feed-middle-east-left-its-own-people-furious
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/bloomberg
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sudan
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa