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Qatar’s agriculture industry to grow at CAGR of 5.47%

According to a report by Mordor by encouraging its farmers to adopt technologies and conducive government
Intelligence, the country’s agriculture advanced farming techniques, the report policies supporting domestic crop
market size is estimated at $162.08m (QR notes. production along with a highly active local
590.09m) this year and is anticipated to The vegetable segment in Qatar stands supply system, are some of the factors
amount $211.53m (QR 770.13m) by 2028, robust comparatively. Some of the most driving market growth in the country.
increasing at a compound annual growth grown vegetables in the country include The analysts states that the Ministry is
rate (CAGR) of 5.47 percent during the Tomato, pumpkin, eggplant, cabbage, working to encourage farms by launching
forecast period. cucumber, onion, and cauliflower. various agricultural initiatives and
Recently, the Ministry of Municipality The report highlighted that Charity providing technical support and services
mentioned that the country achieved entities in the country distributed and to farmers.
several of the goals of its food security installed dozens of solar-powered However, it has distributed 5,777
policy in 2021 as local vegetable output irrigation units for internally displaced greenhouses (normal, cooled, and
grew from roughly 66,000 metric tons to farmers in northern Syria with its hydroponic) to farm owners from 2016
more than 103,000 metric tons, resulting “Support Vegetable Value Chain’ project, to 2021 in order to form an integrated
in a 41 percent self-sufficiency rate which aims to help 200 summer vegetable system for the greenhouse, which leads to
However, the ministry stated that local farmers with the necessary agricultural increased production and reduced waste
vegetable self-sufficiency is anticipated inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, and in water use.
to be at 70 percent by the end of this year drip irrigation networks. “In 2021, the country produced the
as local dates are presently 86 percent The project also aims to provide highest vegetable production of tomatoes
self-sufficient is expected to grow by 95 agricultural guidance on the best means with 32,555.1 metric tons along with
percent. to achieve the highest level of vegetable coverage of an area of 191.5 hectares
“Qatar meets most of its domestic production at the lowest costs, give in greenhouses in the country, followed
cereal demand through imports. Brazil, remunerative profits to the farmers, and by cucumber and sweet pepper, which
the United States, India, and Australia are provide vegetables at the lowest prices in will make the country implement more
some of the major exporters of cereals to the market. advanced technologies and adopt
Qatar,” it said. Hence, the report underscores that farming practices to make the country
Qatar, however, is targeting “self- a number of factors, including the self-sufficient in agricultural production,”
sufficiency” in agricultural products surge in adoption of advanced farming the report added.
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