Despite the scarcity of water in Saudi Arabia, yet the Kingdom has made big strides in the agricultural sector. Thanks to the wise policy adopted by the Saudi government, it has been encouraging farmers and providing them with incentives including soft interest-free loans. The Kingdom has attained success in wheat production and it had become a wheat exporting county for some years after being a wheat importing country. In the light of the current and future trends pertaining to the strategy of agricultural development which aims at attaining balance between the water security and the food security in a manner that realizes sustainable agriculture and diversification of the productive base, the production of grains declined from 4.86 million tons to 2.952 million tons between 1994 to 2003, but the production of vegetables and fruits had shown a hike. --MORE 1031 Local Time 0731 GMT
