Attariq [Archives:2003/661/Press Review]

19 August 2003
Main headlines:
– Saudi Arabia hands over to Yemen four of the wanted, including a suspect related to the French oil tanker
– Sheikh Othman court considers the killing of the young man Bakeel
– Citizens of Maifa'a complain from magicians and sorcerers
Columnist Khalid Ali Tuaiman says beside the modesty of the agricultural area compared to the arable total area and the continuous rise in prices of requisites of production, some causes behind the drop in the level of agriculture in our country is the decrease in the volume of investment in this significant economic sector. This sector suffers from stagnation and deterioration and there is nothing that suggests there is an interest by the government to tackle the causes and factors of its deterioration. The amount allocated in the state budget for agricultural spending indicates there is no real and actual intention to deliver it from its present situations. The agricultural sector in fact has an importance and economic feasibility superior to other sectors due to its great many characteristics, the main of which is the renewable of its resources. The growth and rise in rates of agricultural production has great relationship to the food security that is connected to the goals of national security.
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