Conventional farming has and still is the norm for the majority of agricultural production around the world; however, the organic approach continues to make headway. Obviously each of these farming approaches come with their own unique way of doing things, but as science continues to investigate the benefits of each approach, the organic option of doing things is gaining more and more valid support.
For example, Doctor Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society and scientists from the University of Michigan reported that organic agriculture has the capacity to provide enough food to support the entire world's food needs. They ascertained that even with conservative estimates, there would be no need to adopt additional land areas in order to produce enough food to feed the planet as long as farmers switched to organic methods and if those switches created sufficient biologically available nitrogen to replace the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers currently being used globally. (Wan Ho, et al., 2008) Doctor Wan Ho's findings and other success stories from around the world are legitimate examples of the potential benefits organic farming could provide the nation. They are also excellent grounds for this potential full dissertation study regarding the organic approach to farming and how it could best be effectively utilized in Saudi Arabia. This research would be new and cutting edge and would differ from other proposed studies regarding Organic farming for the Saudi nation and would offer clear, concise and measurable outcomes that are critical for agricultural yield success in this field of study.
Conventional farming has become outdated. "Ecological and sustainable farming systems like organic agriculture systems could be understood as the request of a social movement, which regards itself as alternative to the established mainstream agriculture." (Michelsen et al. 2001). The organic approach would greatly increase the nation's number one export, the Saudi Arabian Palm Date. Saudi Arabia has always been blessed with the unique natural wealth from its Date production. "Dates are an important food for travelers in deserts or in the mountains because they provide them with a complete nutritious meal." (PalmWonder, 2009) the nation's date production constitutes approximately 30% of the entire world's output. and, based on the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture statistics, Saudi Arabia produces approximately one million tons of dates annually of the world's 3.1 million tons output. This dissertation would systematically incorporate aggressive and holistic production and marketing plans that would propose methods of reducing excessive yield waste which is a major problem today. Through organic farming and output distribution, Date production could become even more economical than existing processes while the organic growing methods could make the procedure dramatically more ecologically friendly. New organic production and marketing uses for Dates are just one of the many added benefits from this study.
Consider the many existing uses of the product. "Dates are easy to carry and no cooking is needed to prepare them for eating because dates are often eaten out-of-hand. Dates can also be used for cooking. They can be chopped and used in a range of sweet such as cakes and other dessert dishes and other savory dishes. Dates are also processed into paste and date syrup called 'dibs' which most likely are used in some recipes. Recent innovations include chocolate-covered dates and date juice. Date palm leaves are used for making huts, mats, screens, baskets, brooms, large hats, and fans." (Palmwonders, 2009) Global demand for organically produced fruits and vegetables and their byproducts is being driven by the popularity of organic products in the United States and the European Union. If only 50% of the annual production were to be exported as an organic final product, a conservative price of (6.00 U.S. $ per kilo) would translate into (3 billion U.S. $), and that constitutes 8.4% of today's world organic market value: This equates to roughly the total agri-food imports of Saudi Arabia.
There are many basic indicators of global food security. Indicators such as grain production per person, seafood catch per person, carryover stocks of grain, cropland reserved and the aggregate price of seafood or grain indicate that the world demand for food continues to run far ahead of the available supply. (Brown, 1997) as can be seen in current and projected global population growth charts, the overall world population will potentially grow to be greater than 9 billion people by the year 2050.
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