Sudan allocates 100,000 acres to Egyptian farmers
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Around 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of farmland in Sudan have been allocated to Egyptian small-scale farmers.
The Sudanese Minister of Investment, Dr Mustafa Osman Ismail, told reporters in Khartoum on Sunday that farmlands have been reserved for interested Egyptian farmers at a rate of 10 acres (4 ha) each.
“Sudan gives maximum priority to Egyptian investors in the country,” Ismail said in a joint press conference with the Egyptian investment counselor Ahmed El Fideili, head of an Egyptian delegation currently visiting Sudan.
He added that the volume of Egyptian investments in the Sudan currently stands at $3 billion, and is expected to increase to $11 billion during “the forthcoming period”.
El Fideili underlined the importance of giving the opportunity to Egyptian youth to invest in Sudan.