Lands across the globe – especially in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East— suffer from degrading water and soil conditions, proving damaging to farming, and therefore food security. Adequate food supply is the foundation for growing economies and a civil society. And yet, many regions across the globe are becoming or will become food-stressed as they continue on their economic growth trajectories with growing populations and rising incomes. Other less developed countries or post-conflict nations struggle to just meet the basics of sustenance, if they are fortunate enough. World leaders recognize that food insecurity is a threat to peace and the development plans they would like to materialize for their people. There is a great need for additional investment in agriculture’s productivity in the developing world. In less developed countries, domestic agricultural production cannot keep pace with growing populations. Farmers and the agricultural community have the opportunity to join in the gains of globalization and more open markets. But sometimes government policies deter the development of markets.

The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, from 6.9 billion today. To meet developing country food demand, a 42% increase in food production would be needed by 2030, and 70% growth to meet the demand in 2050. How will industry manage this type of growth under current policies? Sweetwater has identified a number of markets which could benefit from its experience and expertise. From the sodic soils of Turkey, Morocco and Romania to countries of the Middle East and Africa — China and India too—agricultural development could take leaps forward utilizing Sweetwater’s offerings.

Sweetwater has an experience in Pakistan that represents what the private and public sectors can do when you apply the right technology and team to solve the problem of underdeveloped agriculture in a 176 million growing-strong population.

Sweetwater is developing platforms for expansion in key markets around the world. Prestigious global and regional partners will ally with Sweetwater to provide capital, insight, and influence to these markets, while Sweetwater provides the technology, project management, and operating expertise in these Emerging Nations. Hover mouse over the highlighted countries below for more information.