"Better talent, fertile business environs, and thriving and vibrant culture to support it all," he added.
And, of course, in this first African finals we have six of the continent's nations – Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Algeria and the hosts, South Africa – whose success would be celebrated as suitable recognition of a fertile source of talent for leagues around the world.
Like many European cities, Amsterdam is packed with a highly educated population that makes for a fertile ground for talent.
Scottish football is shunning the housing schemes that were once considered fertile ground for talent, with the poor being priced out of football, according to former Dundee United and Kilmarnock winger Andy McLaren.
A state that prides itself on being the Fertile Crescent of basketball talent — from Cazzie Russell and Isiah Thomas to Dwyane Wade — is shut out of the college game's showcase event?
"The tour brings the best teams from around the world to the United States, right here in my own backyard," said Howard, who is from North Brunswick, N.J. "And we've shown that this is a fertile market from a talent standpoint".
Tracking Larry Rivers's rapid evolution as a painter from figurative realism at the start of his career to Pop-style history painting in the mid-'60s, the show reveals a terrifically fertile, energetic and daring talent discovering itself and lunging into the future.
The collective has fostered a fertile environment for underground talents with its mix series, which seems to magnetically attract wonky, dance-happy music nerds.
Britain's Got Talent has been fertile ground for dancers.
A fertile incubator for new playwriting talent, Second Stage Theater Uptown begins its summer series with Michael Mitnick's comic nightmare about the unspoken secrets between parents and children.
