Kenana: Green Gold of Sudan: Grand Multinational Venture in the Desert FROM THE PUBLISHER
This is the story of a grand multinational venture that combined Western expertise, Arab financial resources and Sudan's abundant natural resources of sun, soil and water together with readily available manpower in the creation of a mega-industrial project that turned the desert green and transformed Sudan's economy. Known as the Kenana Sugar Project, it is the world's largest integrated sugar estate, recognised internationally, as a stunning agro-industrial success story.
SYNOPSIS
El Nazir and Desai reveal the bargaining and negotiations of the collaboration between the governments of Sudan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and private industry that resulted in the Kenana Sugar Company, the world's largest integrated sugar project.
FROM THE CRITICS
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El Nazir and Desai, who move back and forth between government posts and positions in the commercial venture, describe the creation of the world's largest integrated sugar complex in an arduous sub-Saharan environment by a conglomerate of corporations and governments from around the world. They trace the story of the Kenana factory for a quarter of a century from the early years, through factory operations in the middle 1980s, to problems and industrial relations; explore the social factors and special services; review financial records; and append such data as the history of Sudan, the chronology of main events, annual production, and world sugar prices from 1960 to 1998. As in most corporate self-histories, many color photographs are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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