The potential for Sub-Saharan African countries to produce their own food exits, recently a trend for Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia to secure arable land in Africa has increased. Buying out leases for thousands of acres to grow food, which is then shipped to the mother country. Is a worrying scenario for African countries as they lose the potential to grow food for domestic consumption? Instead African governments should partner with these countries to bolster the capacity to grow food domestically, by providing physical capital and expertise. If they can afford to lease land it means African countries have the potential to grow food for domestic as well as foreign consumption. The above mentioned is not a secret, the lack of agricultural investment is truly lacking on the continent, and if governments continually fail to protect their land very soon Africans shall be receiving food aid that is produced in their backyards.

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