Kuwait
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is not self-sufficient in agriculture but the country will be
in the future. Its production of cereals, vegetables and fruit grown in the
oasis of Jahra and scattered smallholdings is not sufficient for the
population's needs, due to limitations of water supply, fertile soil,
climate and manpower. ....
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.... under these conditions
results in gradually increasing soil salinity. this phenomenon has been the
cause of the estimated 1% annual decrease in arable land for the region as
a whole. Hence, development of traditional agriculture is severely
restricted.
1El Mallakh, Ragaei (Kuwait, Trade and Investment. Boulder, Westview
Press Inc., 1989) pg 117
Kuwaitis are under no illusion that self-sufficiency will take less
than 20 to 30 years to attain and even then it cannot include such item ....
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