AGRICULTURE IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abstract

The United Arab Emirates is located in the Middle East, on the Western Asian continent, and shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman. It has rapidly grown into a strong, thriving economy. The federation’s economy is dominated by the petroleum produced primarily in the Abu Dhabi emirate. The rapid growth in the UAE population alerted the government to look for alternatives to increase food supplies other than from imports. This increase is due to open market policy that enabled several companies around the World to open new branches to their businesses in the UAE . The federal government was viewed as providing a healthy business environment that resulted from government’s transparency and business legislation. This paper focuses on the practice of agriculture the United Arab Emirates (UAE).