Outlook of Protected Agriculture in GCC Countries: Constraints and opportunities for greenhouse production systems Ahmed T. Moustafa - ICARDA Unlocking the potential of Protected Agriculture in the GCC countries: Cutting water consumption while supporting improved nutrition and food security” September 14-15, 2015
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Outlook of Protected Agriculture in GCC Countries:
Constraints and opportunities for greenhouse production systems
Ahmed T. Moustafa - ICARDA
Unlocking the potential of Protected Agriculture in the GCC countries: Cutting water consumption
while supporting improved nutrition and food security”September 14-15, 2015
Challenges to Agricultural Development
• Extreme aridity
• Limited arable land
• Water Scarcity & Limited renewable
water resource
• Rapid increase in population
• Research infrastructure & Human
Resources
Asia (exclude ME) 3,947.6
Middle East & North Africa 1,397.5
Europe 10,685.7
North America 16,557.8
Central America and Carrabin 6,653.4
Sub-Sahara Africa 6,956.6
Oceanic 52,673.8South America 44,816.4
Renewable water resources per capita (m3/person/year)
Middle East & North Africa (exclude AP);
1295
Arabian Peninsual, 100
What about Food and
Food Security
GCC is the world's biggest importer of food(WTO, 2010)
Food Production
10%
Food import90%
Gulf News, February 17, 2010
Annual GCC Food Imports (US$ bn) and Projection for 2020