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- Title: Investment Opportunities in Agro-Industries: Governments Throughout the Middle East and North Africa are Placing Greater Emphasis on Food Security and on Providing Affordable Foodstuffs for Their Rapidly Growing Populations
- Author : The Middle East
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,Economics,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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BUDGETS ARE BEING INCREASED DRAMATICALLY in the wake of the protests sweeping the region, but it is hoped subsidies can be replaced with more local production, or with less costly imports. Private and foreign investors, as well as entrepreneurs, are seeking new opportunities in a sector whose full potential is yet to be realised, at the same time that some countries in the GCC are helping to develop new projects in Egypt, the Sudan and North Africa, as well as further afield. In recent months, the global shortage of wheat--one of the world's most vital foodstuffs--and grain, has resulted in price rises of up to 75%. Prices have also soared for rice and barley. The Gulf states, which spend more than $20 billion a year on imports, as well as the more populous Arab countries, have been severely affected.