Sudan
Sudan sits on some of the most fertile irrigated land in Africa. The Gezira Scheme, spread across the clay plain between the Blue and White Niles, is one of the largest irrigation projects in the world, and the semi-mechanized belt to its east has long been called the...
India
Every fertilizer distributor in Maharashtra, Gujarat, or Karnataka has heard the objection. A farmer looks at the price of water-soluble fertilizer, compares it to a bag of conventional urea or DAP, and says the soluble product costs too much. The objection is real....
India
India grows more pomegranates than any other country, close to half the world’s supply, and Maharashtra alone accounts for the bulk of it. Most of that fruit is sold at home, but the export share going to the Gulf, Europe, and increasingly North America is where...
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia farms in some of the hardest conditions on earth: almost no rainfall, intense heat, salty water drawn from deep aquifers, and alkaline sandy soil. Yet the country is a major date producer and, under Vision 2030, is investing heavily in modern protected...
Syria
Agriculture has always been central to Syria, and it is central to the country’s recovery. Long before recent decades, Syrian farms produced olives, wheat, cotton, and vegetables for the region, and the land that supported that output is still there. As farms...
Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq is a different farming world from the hot southern plains. Higher ground, cooler air, and more rainfall make Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok a natural home for wheat and barley, orchard fruit like pomegranate, apple, and grape, and...
