Many countries in Africa are extremely fertile - more than any place in the world, while there is desertification and it keeps expanding more and more. Most countries in Africa, if the political and economic will allowed it, are able to produce enough food for themselves and help other nations if done properly. I shit you not. Zimbabwe for example, is one of the select countries in the world that is capable of producing enough food for themselves without the need of importing it. The only problem is, all this land is given to incapable farmers who have ties with higher authorities, or it's given to corrupt government officials who don't have a clue about proper farming - so they settle with that genetic Mosanto crap.