This situation was easy enough to understand: they had lots of land, so they could afford to be willful! East Africa itself was the world's second-largest country by area, surpassed only by Russia.
East Africa also had more arable land than Russia, and its grain yield per unit area was far greater. Coupled with the long-term decline in international grain prices, there was no need for East Africa to further expand its agricultural land.
Although East Africa did not possess black soil as fertile as Ukraine's, its water and heat conditions were far superior to Russia's. Therefore, East Africa's grain output had always been higher than Russia's. Of course, the price was that its grain quality and taste could not compare with those of Europe and the United States.
However, this was mainly reflected in wheat cultivation. As for rice, East African rice had now approached the taste and quality standards of Far Eastern countries, while its yield stood far ahead of all East Asian nations.
Moreover, East Africa's population density was not particularly high to begin with, and its rapid urbanization was another factor. East Africa was fully capable of ensuring agricultural production while also taking ecological and environmental concerns into account.
East Africa's Lake Malawi Rhinoceros Park had been established on this basis. After all, if even food and clothing could not be secured, the East African government would have had no leisure to care for these "beasts."
Archduke Ferdinand asked, "Since these rhinoceroses were originally introduced for the pharmaceutical industry, have you gotten any results now?"
The staff member shook his head. "There has been no major progress, but we have improved certain aspects of pharmaceutical formulation to some extent."
"Rhinoceros horn is mainly used to make Angong Niuhuang Wan, which is used to treat strokes and