Of all the businesses a large multi-technical mixing pot with business concerns across Africa, Europe and Middle East, and dealing with a wide range of activities as diverse as civil engineering, mining and metallurgy would engage in, cattle rearing is the last that would come to mind. But much as Mr George Forrest of the George Forrest Group is among the who's who in the world concerning riches, it is not a wonder that he has taken to this business with gusto.rnHe has a passion: to help get DRC out of the doldrums it's been for so many years and provide healthy food to a population of people that have been denied in so many instances, a right to proper life, food and shelter. His is a vision based on the long range. He believes that agriculture is the business of the future in Congo and should be developed. "One day we are going to run out of mines and agriculture is going to be among the pillars ofrnthe economy," he says. After all, he adds, the DRC has such large tracks of land and plenty of rivers that are not in use. Why not develop it. And in a global community where food production or the lack of it is becoming a major issue, Mr Forrest could just be setting the stage for a booming agricultural economy that besides the wealth in resources could help lift the country and its people out of the gloomy situation it has become and put it among the top in global markets for food.
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