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  • Chart: Agriculture Puts Strain on Water Resources in MENA Region

    Agricultural water withdrawal way beyond the limit of renewable freshwater resources is most common today in countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Several other nations, for example Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Pakistan and India, stick out for using up a higher share of their freshwater resources in agriculture than their neighbors. This is according to the FAO Aquastat database, where the latest available year for the data is 2020.

  • Saudi date exports exceed $340m: Ministry of Agriculture

    Date exports from Saudi Arabia grew 5.4 percent in 2022 compared to a year earlier to hit SR1.28 billion ($340 million), the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has revealed. The figures showed that the Kingdom exported more than 300 types of dates, ranking the Kingdom first in value among 113 countries according to the International Trade Center. The number of importing countries in 2022 reached 116 countries, according to the Saudi Press Agency, with date quantities produced topping an estimated 1.54 million tons.

  • Saudi Arabia Launches First Water, Agriculture, Environment System Portfolio

    The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture revealed on Sunday the establishment of a portfolio aimed at achieving water and food security and environmental sustainability, in an initiative that is the first of its kind in the three sectors. The portfolio was announced at a forum for innovation and modern technologies held at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh. The forum, which is held in tandem with an exhibition, was inaugurated by the Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti.

  • Saudi, Russian agriculture ministers discuss food security

    The meeting was attended by the Saudi Grains Organization, Governor Eng. Ahmed Al-Faris and the Director General of the General Department for International Cooperation, Eng. Abdulaziz Al-Huwaish.

  • Saudi Agriculture Sector Grows 7.8%

    The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) stated that the Kingdom’s agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) rose 7.8% to SAR72.25 billion ($19.2 billion) in 2021, compared to SAR67.05 billion ($17.8 billion) a year earlier, recording the highest growth rate in five years.

  • Hydroponic farming boosts prospects of sustainable agriculture in Saudi Arabia

    By using innovative design that requires minimal space, hydroponics gardens can grow fruit, vegetables and flowers in half the time of traditional agriculture, using 90 percent less water.

  • Orbital View Of Agriculture In Saudi Arabia

    An agricultural development is pictured in the Saudi Arabian town of Wadi Al-Dawasir as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above.

  • Saudi agriculture fund finances projects worth $480m

    Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Development Fund approved funds worth SR1.8 billion ($480 million) to support different agricultural projects in the Kingdom since the beginning of the year, Argaam reported citing an official statement.

  • Saudi agriculture minister inaugurates $97m silo in Yanbu

    The project, constructed at a cost of more than SR364 million ($97 million), is part of the Kingdom’s National Transformation Program. One of the key goals of the program is to ensure food security in the Kingdom and maintain strategic grain reserve, said SAGO Gov. Ahmed Al-Faris.

  • Sudan to get $400 mln from Saudi Arabia, UAE for agriculture – SUNA

    Saudi Arabia has committed to investing $3 billion in a joint fund for investments in Sudan, and to encouraging other parties to participate, Sudanese minister of Cabinet affairs Khalid Omer Yousif told Reuters in March.