Agriculture
In spite of effort consented by Kuwait to develop the farming sector, it represented only 1% of the GDP in 1997. This situation results more from the nature of the climate and of the Kuwaiti soil than from investments operated to improve the agricultural production returns.
In 1997, Kuwait imported 1.027 billion dollars of foodstuffs. The fishing sector has not yet recovered of the catastrophic situation caused by the Gulf War in 1991.
Main Kuwaiti agricultural productions are fruits and vegetables, white and red meats and eggs. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 7,000 hectares in Kuwait. |
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Ovine races
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450,000
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
2,066 Tm.
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4,880 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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