ACTUAL AND TARGETED WHEAT PRODUC ION AND CONSUMPTION IN SAUDI ARABIA. | ||||
Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
Article 3, Volume 28, Issue 6, June 2003, Page 4547-4556 PDF (352.89 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2003.243595 | ||||
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Author | ||||
K. B. N. Al-Rwis, | ||||
King Saud University, Agricultural College, Department of Agricultural Economics. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Wheat is consider to be one of the important goods for most of countries in the world, since that the Saudi govemment trying to reach the safelY level of food security by keeping the strategic level (rom the wheat and flour depending on the local production and increasing the level of self sufficiency from those produc s. The seventh plan (2000·2004) targeted making balance betwren water and food security, so that the Saudi government planning to make a new strategy fop wheat production, and estimating the targeted levels for wheat produc1 tion and flour consumption. The results shows lhat the loss of nour was very small becaus~ of population Increasing, so there consumption by about 2Kg. Moreover, ttre planted 4re84 last year and the le'lel of supporting prices as perC8ntage of the world prices' I are mportanl constraint that affecting the planted areas this year. Finally, the study expecting increasing In the tolal wheat production by about 0.23% for the period (2003·2010) also, there Is a differenC8S change between the actual and targeted level of consumption of nour by about 6% for the period (1974· 1998). | ||||
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