Egypt is planning to use water from the Nile river to develop the surrounding desert. Ten years from now, up to three million people could be living in such areas.
The ambitious Toshka Project aims to prove that the desert can be settled and become the new breadbasket for the country. Egypt still imports half of its wheat. It's hoped that cultivating the desert will make Egypt less dependent on imported grain, which is becoming increasingly expensive. But critics of the plan say it's too expensive and a potential ecological disaster. GLOBAL 3000 visited the desert to take a look at the mega-project.
