The recent escalations of conflicts in the Middle East have made a number of countries revisit their food security plans. This also occurred during the global pandemic, as well as the conflicts in Europe.

Having had the privilege of working with a number of irrigation projects on the African continent. I have been able to see the transformative power of irrigation on a country's agricultural productivity.

Which is why the recent observations by the prime minister, which suggest that only about 16-20 per cent of the country's arable lands have access to sustainable irrigation, are quite abysmal.