been on holiday

Got back in the early hours of Saturday morning after a weeks holiday on Sal, one of the Cape Verde islands.
Basically it's a lump of the Sahara desert that's dumped in the Atlantic. As a place for sunshine, beaches and crystal clear seas it can't be beaten. The approach to life is very laid back - where else would you find the local bank up and running even though the building had no roof?


Unfortunately it has become the latest place for property developers, so the land by the beaches has been bought up for hotels. The breeze blocks and broken glass is the site for the new Hylton.
There's been no meaningful rain for the last 7 years which has devastated what little food production there had been on the island. What makes no sense to me is that one development includes a golf course, to be irrigated by water from a desalination plant. Why is it that money can be found to irrigate a golf course, but not for growing vegetables?