Over the course of the past four decades, the number of plant holdings increased 38-folds from 634 in 1971 to 24,018 in 2017, according to the Statistical Yearbook (SY) of Abu Dhabi 2018, released by the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) Monday.
(Pakistan Point News - 03rd Oct, 2018) ABU DHABI, 2nd October, 2018 (WAM)Over the course of the past four decades, the number of plant holdings increased 38-folds from 634 in 1971 to 24,018 in 2017, according to the Statistical Yearbook (SY) of Abu Dhabi 2018, released by the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) Monday.
Meanwhile, the size of arable land expanded by 33-fold from 22,377 donum to 749,868 donum during the same period.
Abu Dhabi Emirate has made vast strides in the field of agriculture, setting a worldwide example in overcoming the dry conditions of the desert and converting its arid terrain into green farms producing a variety of vegetables and fruits for the consumer market, the SY mentioned.
