Turkey has made an agricultural cooperation agreement with Sudan, leasing agricultural land in Sudan for 99 years to cultivate sunflowers, corn, and wheat. A Sudanese delegation visited Thrace, Turkey, to tour agricultural areas and meet with local stakeholders. A proposal was made to plant these crops on 10 million decares of irrigable land in Sudan, with the first sunflower harvest expected soon. The national and local sunflower seeds sent from Turkey to Sudan have shown successful results in the Al Jazeera region.