| Saudi Arabia - AGRICULTURE |
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Agriculture
The kingdom aims at grains self-sufficiency. Wheat self-sufficiency has been reached since 1984. The Saudi agriculture lives thanks to subsidies. Indeed, considering the climatic and technical difficulties, each ton of wheat costs 300 dollars of subsidies.
Concerning the irrigation problem, thanks to Saudi researchers actions, the technique of the central pivot has allowed to save 400 m3 of water by hectare. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 133,831,000 hectares in Saudi Arabia. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Wheat
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1,800,000
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336
|
53,571
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Dates
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650
|
110
|
59,091
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Watermelons
|
500
|
28
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178,571
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Tomatoes
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480
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30
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160
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Barley
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400
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57
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70,175
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Ovine races
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8,300,000
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Goats
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4,700,000
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Camels
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428
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Cattle
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265
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Horses, Donkeys and Mules
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103
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
9,829 Tm.
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40,326 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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