by @seid22Abkar
In recent years, Turkey has relied on agricultural projects in Africa, and Turkish economic attachés have utilized their capabilities and expertise in the agricultural field.
Since the Republic of Chad is one of the countries with high agricultural fertility, agricultural investment is very feasible and profitable at the same time.
The French abused agricultural projects and spoiled the agricultural field by forcing farmers to grow cotton, and the (white gold) has lost its weight and value since the end of the 1990s, after the Chadian government neglected the agricultural sector with the extraction of oil in 2003
The Turks entered the world of sesame cultivation in Chad in 2016 and pumped simple funds to direct agriculture to sesame instead of corn, rice and red millet (crops used for local consumption), and within a short period in 2020, the price of sesame became controlled by the Turks due to the large number of exports to them.
Last year, I participated in an agricultural project in the Moundou region in southern Chad to grow sesame, after the harvest season ended, a Turkish businessman – close to the Turkish embassy in N’Djamena – bought one-third of the agricultural production.
(Can you imagine the meaning of a third of the production?) He bought it in October and the price of a ton of sesame for the locals was about 497 US dollars.
(The price per ton is currently $1,600 in the Turkish port of Mersin.
The reason why the locals sell it at this price (the lack of affordable warehouses) and the need and high prices push farmers to sell their products at very low prices.
The third thing: The proximity of the farms to the border with Cameroon. This facilitates the transportation process, which may not require a long distance.
Within 48 hours, the shipment can reach the port of Douala in Cameroon and then sail to any part of the world.
Fourth thing: Soil fertility and no fertilizers. This year, the Turks are trying to try growing Sudanese sesame to be shipped to the foreign market because it is improved and has gained a good reputation in agricultural circles.
The fifth thing : The lack of government oversight to regulate the agricultural sector so that the citizen can benefit from the investors.
The government is supposed to allocate the investor some conditions and determine the prices of sesame so that the citizen does not violate his right and so that the process is easy and smooth instead of neglecting this vital sector, which could be of interest to countries wishing to invest in agricultural investment in Chad.
The sixth thing : Absence of competitors There are no national companies or countries interested in agricultural activity (the Chinese have recently started to do so), which enabled traders in Turkey to exploit the lack of competition, which made it easier for them to control the market.
Instead of importing only to Turkey, it could open up other areas for foreign investment in Chad
