Kuwait agricultural sector facing host of problems
Kuwait Times


15 March 2010
KUWAIT: With the aim of meeting Kuwaiti farmers and discussing the issues they face, the Kuwait Journalist Association(KJA) organized a tour for journalists to farms located in Wafra on Saturday. The Secretary General of KJA, Faisal Al-Qenai supervised the tour.
The delegation of journalists visited three farms and a factory: Ben Rakan, Khalifa Khilefo, Ben Sabt and the SAAF dates processing factory.
The Head of Kuwaiti Farmers Union, Saud Al-Arada said during the meeting, "Kuwait's agriculture sector suffers from several problems, and Kuwaiti farmers are no exception.
The country doesn't pay much attention to the agriculture sector.

Kuwaiti farmers have put in a lot of effort to cultivate this barren land. They were surprised to learn that no budget has been allotted for the sector," he said. He stressed that farms in Kuwait suffer from soil salinity, water logging, and fluctuations in weather conditions." Al-Arada questioned why citizens rights were being compromised with and why interest or concern in the agriculture sector was lost.

The health services offered to farmers are outdated and needs to be improved especially since we have to pay health insurance to residents. There are no proper hospitals that exist in Wafraa or Al-Abdali. Who is the responsible of this?" Al-Arada asked.


The specialist in trading and investment.Al-Arada demanded that adequate health care be provided to farmers, especially since only one ambulance operates in Al-Abdali. "The country's generates revenue in millions of dinars. why don't they develop this sector.
More money needs to be pumped into equipping hospitals with First Aid, new medicines," he said.

By Rawan Khalid

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