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Answer is plate tectonics
The statement is true, most of the countries from the Middle East are heavily dependent on foreign food. Most of this region is desert or semi-desert, so agriculture is not an option. Only few parts manage to produce food, but that is nothing in the whole picture. So the lack of fertile soil and water in this part of the world, made it dependent on foreign food.
