The continuing failure of food production to consumer requirements for the Arab countries to the growing gap between food production and demand and low self-sufficiency for most agricultural products, and this is what represents the following table:
Data indicate that the Arab world will witness a qualitative improvement in increasing the amount of production of some crops, including oils from 63.9% To 66.5% in 2000. In pulses of 97.60% To 99.20 % As well as in the production of sugar in addition to other tubers and grains is important that reduces its adoption for these crops, while the notes from another angle a lack of self-sufficiency rate for cereals where the widespread consumption of this crop in the Arab world it is 67.03 % 1980-sufficiency ratio drops to 62.68 % And this is reflected especially on wheat 48.60% in 1980.Then 47.60 % In 2000.
As well as with regard to maize, rice and barley as indicated by the data in the table this makes the continued slow agricultural growth which is estimated at 2.5% Where is absolutely incompatible with the demographic increase 3 % It is also recorded in 1980, a rise in the average annual food consumption of food 478.07 Kg to 501.35 KG Year 1985. And the prospects for 2000 arrived to the 6000 borders or 6800 kg .
Remains a looming dangers the Arab world, despite the improvement recorded in the prospects for 2000 due to lack of production and weakness in the basal crop with wide consumption such as grain. So food security and offset matched Rushd and economic packages.
|
Output
Type
|
Percentage
of sufficiency
1980
|
Percentage
of sufficiency
2000
|
|
Total grain
|
67.03 %
|
62.68 %
|
|
Wheat
|
48.60
|
47.60
|
|
Corn
|
73.02
|
60.86
|
|
Rice
|
75.80
|
56.20
|
|
Barley
|
92.70
|
96.29
|
|
Other cereals
|
97.80
|
100.87
|
|
Tubers
|
95.80
|
102.60
|
|
Sugar
|
48.84
|
55.71
|
|
Pulses
|
97.60
|
99.20
|
|
Oils
|
63.90
|
66.53
|
|
Greens
|
101.80
|
100.90
|
|
Fruit
|
104.2
|
99.3
|
As well as with regard to maize, rice and barley as indicated by the data in the table this makes the continued slow agricultural growth which is estimated at 2.5% Where is absolutely incompatible with the demographic increase 3 % It is also recorded in 1980, a rise in the average annual food consumption of food 478.07 Kg to 501.35 KG Year 1985. And the prospects for 2000 arrived to the 6000 borders or 6800 kg .
Remains a looming dangers the Arab world, despite the improvement recorded in the prospects for 2000 due to lack of production and weakness in the basal crop with wide consumption such as grain. So food security and offset matched Rushd and economic packages.