Agricultural Engineers

In our Arab world, we rely on bread as a staple part of our daily meals, which is why we need enormous quantities of wheat to make bread — and that's what makes the Arab region the world's largest importer of wheat, with just nine Arab countries importing about 22% of the world's wheat imports. Consumption keeps increasing dramatically every day amid the growing population in Arab countries, which drives up the need for bread and other food. That's why Arab governments are currently moving to increase the amount of wheat grown, through reclaiming new land. There's an urgent need for agricultural experts, chief among them "agricultural engineers," to accomplish this task and identify the land suitable for growing wheat and the other crops we need to achieve self-sufficiency.

Meet the Writer: Waleed Abo Omiraa