Assertion: desertification | /r/CapableOf | push many states
Facets:
value: to invest in african farmland
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Desertification threatens 20 percent of the already dry Middle East and North Africa, pushing many states to invest in African farmland to feed growing populations, said Wadid Erian of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.