An Economic Analysis of the Plant Production Sector in Saudi Arabia

The target of thisProduction chapter is toPlants study an economic analysisEconomic analysis of the plantPlants productionProduction sector in Saudi Arabia (KSA). In achieving its objectives, the chapter relied on the use of descriptive statistical analysis and analytical statistical standards through using averages, percentages, and annual growth rates for the variables under study. The chapter showed the most important cereal produced in Saudi Arabia are wheatWheat, barleyBarley and sorghum. In addition, the most of Saudi Arabia’s domestic cereals demand is covered by importsImports as KSA is considered one of the largest importers of barleyBarley, with an amount about 7000 thousand MT in 2020. On the other hand, the chapter reveals that the per capita consumptionConsumption of vegetablesVegetables and fruitsFruit in Saudi Arabia is small compared to other countries, and this is due to dietary habits. It also shows that green fodderGreen fodder is considered a major feed ingredient for cattle and sheep, except for cows. In 2020, the Saudi Arabia produced about million tons of green fodderGreen fodder. AlfalfaAlfalfa cultivated with about 99.89% of total green fodderGreen fodder area in KSA which was need about 6 billion cubic meters of water. Thus the chapter clears the role of the horizontal expansionHorizontal expansion and the vertical expansionVertical expansion to the increase in crop productionCrop production.