Attainment of Success in the Agriculture Industry of DUBAI

Climate, scarcity of water resources, and poor soil has been a greater hindrance to agricultural development. However, the country has succeeded in meeting the challenges and progress in the agriculture sector.

DUBAI has developed strong, substantial growth in the economy. The country has attained excellent success in the agriculture sector side-by-side other than success in oil exports. UAE has a very high degree of temperature, very less rainfall just 10 days throughout the year, a lack of natural waterways, and bad-quality soil, despite all challenges the country has attained significant advancement in the agricultural sector. Since the country’s existence agricultural activity became popular among the Emirates people.

The enchanting agriculture sector in the UAE

Poor soil, scarcity of water, and bad weather conditions had a bad impact on the development. But the UAE has found inventive methods to overcome this obstacle in agricultural development.

Government of UAE has helped the farmer to a great extent. Agricultural activity is carried out on a total cultivated land of about 160000 hectares. Every year government provides an incentive to the farmers so that agricultural products meet the demand of the country. The government of UAE provides 50% of subsidies to farmers on seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides apart from this, other special loans to buy machines and other equipment.

Other than farming, an increase in fishing and poultry production, with the nearby dairies able to meet the approximate demand of the country.

Production of agricultural products in Dubai

Date palm is one of the major crops grown in the city of Dubai and around the UAE. There are millions of date palms in the UAE and the country is responsible for 6% of the world’s date production. Due to the hot climate which favour’s the production of dates is in abundance meeting the requirement in the region. There are millions of date palms in the UAE and the country is responsible for 6% of the world’s date production.

Growth of substantial agriculture in DUBAI

One major obstacle faced by the industry of agricultural products in Dubai is the scarcity of water resources. Useful measures have been taken to increase the production area in recent years, which has resulted in an increase in the fertility of the soil and water resources.

Recently, agriculture in the UAE has made a shift towards modern irrigation systems to replace traditional flood irrigation, to reduce water consumption. The technique of modern irrigation systems has been adopted by more than 50 % of farms all over the country. Organic farming methods are also there for essential agriculture production all over the country.