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Impacts of agricultural policy on irrigation water demand: a case study of Saudi Arabia

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  • Omar K.M. Ouda

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Saudi Arabia's groundwater resources have been heavily over-exploited to achieve food self-sufficiency. The country enacted a new agricultural policy that discourages the cultivation of wheat and encourages that of vegetables and fruits. This has produced significant reductions in irrigation water demand as well as food self-sufficiency. This paper reviews the performance of the Saudi agricultural sector and presents four scenarios forecasting the new policy's long-term impacts on the use of water for agriculture. The findings show that the new policy does not support sustainable utilization of groundwater resources. Additional policy modifications are needed to optimize the combination of import and domestic production of agricultural products based on a sustainable water utilization strategy.

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  • Omar K.M. Ouda, 2014. "Impacts of agricultural policy on irrigation water demand: a case study of Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 282-292, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:30:y:2014:i:2:p:282-292
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2013.876330
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    1. Ouda, Omar K.M. & Al-Waked, Rafat F. & Alshehri, Abdulrahman A., 2014. "Privatization of water-supply services in Saudi Arabia: A unique experience," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 107-113.
    2. Ahmed M. Youssef & Mazen M. Abu Abdullah & Biswajeet Pradhan & Ahmed F. D. Gaber, 2019. "Agriculture Sprawl Assessment Using Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images and Its Environmental Impact; Al-Jouf, KSA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-16, August.
    3. Eric C. Edwards & Todd Guilfoos, 2021. "The Economics of Groundwater Governance Institutions across the Globe," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(4), pages 1571-1594, December.
    4. Wahib Al-Qubatee & Petra Hellegers & Henk Ritzema, 2019. "The Economic Value of Irrigation Water in Wadi Zabid, Tihama Plain, Yemen," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-19, November.
    5. Siderius, Christian & Conway, Declan & Yassine, Mohamed & Murken, Lisa & Lostis, Pierre-Louis & Dalin, Carole, 2020. "Multi-scale analysis of the water-energy-food nexus in the Gulf region," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 104091, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Parkinson, Simon C. & Makowski, Marek & Krey, Volker & Sedraoui, Khaled & Almasoud, Abdulrahman H. & Djilali, Ned, 2018. "A multi-criteria model analysis framework for assessing integrated water-energy system transformation pathways," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 210(C), pages 477-486.

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