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In spite of effort consented by Kuwait to
develop the farming sector, it represented only 1%
of the GDP in 1997. This situation results more
from the nature of the climate and of the Kuwaiti
soil than from investments operated to improve the
agricultural production returns.
In 1997, Kuwait imported 1.027 billion dollars
of foodstuffs. The fishing sector has not yet
recovered of the catastrophic situation caused by
the Gulf War in 1991. Main Kuwaiti agricultural
productions are fruits and vegetables, white and
red meats and eggs.
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Farmland surface
area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands
and those with permanent crops. They represent 7,000
hectares in Kuwait. |
Number of
farms:
Crops
Livestock
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Species
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Headcount
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Ovine races
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450,000
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Number of
tractors:
Irrigated land (surface
area):
Fishing yield in metric
tons:
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Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods
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Saltwater fish
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2,066 Tm.
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4,880 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in
metric tons:
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