 Mechanisation and Production in Saudi AgribusinessJ. W. Wright and Salah Al-Suhaibani Chapter 9 in Business and Economic Development in Saudi Arabia, 1996, pp 140-151 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Agriculture in Saudi Arabia has developed greatly in the last ten years as the government has pushed agribusiness to meet the country’s demand for foodstuffs, particularly wheat. The area under cultivation increased nearly four fold between 1975 and 1987, a period when huge government support programmes were made available to farmers wanting to introduce modern agribusiness technology.1 The Saudi Arabian Agricultural Bank (SAAB) initiated the government’s incentive programmes by offering huge subsidies for those adding mechanised equipment to their capital stock. More than 29 000 subsidies were issued for tractors between 1976 and 1983.2 Subsidy contracts for related equipment rose above 98 000. This chapter first examines the increasing mechanisation of Saudi farming and illustrates the level of modernisation achieved by comparing Saudi farms with farms in the United Kingdom and the United States. It then goes on to discuss the Saudi government’s push for farm modernisation and mechanisation, resulting in increased wheat production. Keywords: Saudi Arabia; Price Support; Crop Diversification; Tractor Power; Barley Production (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25096-7_10 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25096-7_10 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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