One bloc taking stock of its pantry is the GCC, whose members import some 90 percent of their food. It cannot continue.”According to the UN, some 135 million people could lose their homes and livelihoods to creeping desertification by 2030. The Middle East is described by Idland as a major potential marketplace for LNC to lay down roots. “We are one, and not the only one, that can be a catalyst for utilizing unused desert land and sandy soils to do large scale agriculture,” he said. “The capacity of all nations was tested in the early weeks and months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed the vulnerability of our global food value chain.

Source: Libya Today March 28, 2021 14:57 UTC