Chinese companies to grow one million feddans of cotton in Sudan - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
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Speaker of Gazira state Legislative Council disclosed the Sudanese government and Chinese companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) allowing the latter to grow one million feddans of cotton in Sudan.
The feddan is a unit of area equivalent to 1.038 acres (0.42 ha).
Last May, Sudan’s Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity, Mutaz Musa, pointed out that the ministry is implementing 155 electricity projects with china at a cost of 10 billion dollars.
He said that his government will fund the $10 billion projects from multiple sources, adding that the five-year plan includes power plants and dams.