The NY Times had an interesting article a week or so ago about Sudan. Given the images from Darfur, my picture of Sudan was a hot and dusty, barren landscape with very little green. Refugees and dirt are what I think of most. Well, turns out that in other parts of Sudan that is in no way true.

Sudan currently grows wheat for Saudi Arabia, sorghum for the United Arab Emirates, and tomatoes for Jordan. In 2007, it turns out that the US shipped in 283,000 tons of sorghum from as far away as Houston. This happened to be the exact amount of sorghum that Sudan exported, ironically enough. What appears to be happening in many cases is that the government is exporting food rather than deliver it to the refugees.

Overall, an interesting article. The link is below:

Sudan NY Times