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Saudi Arabia Moves Agriculture Abroad Saudi-Arabien Flytter Landbrug Abroad

May 12, 2008 12. maj 2008

Saudi government moves agriculture abroad by investing in farming of staple commodities in Thailand, Brazil, India and other countries. Saudiske regering flytter landbrug i udlandet ved at investere i landbrug i hovednæringsmidler råvarer i Thailand, Brasilien, Indien og andre lande. This move represents a classic case of “absolute advantage” economy. Dette skridt er et klassisk tilfælde af "absolut fordel" økonomi. At the current high energy prices it makes all sense for Saudis to get rid of heavily subsidized agriculture sector burdened by huge costs of desalinated water and to focus investments on oil and gas production. På nuværende høje energipriser det gør alle betydning for saudierne at slippe af stærkt subsidierede landbrugssektoren belastet af store omkostninger i forbindelse med demineraliseret vand og til at koncentrere investeringerne på olie-og gasproduktion. Saudi Arabia plans to increase wheat and rice exports. Saudi-Arabien planer om at øge hvede og ris eksport. This is the first step in abandoning “self-sustainability” program which lasted for 30 years and completely failed to deliver agriculture products at costs approaching market prices. Dette er det første skridt i at opgive "selvstændig bæredygtighed" program, som varede i 30 år og helt har undladt at levere landbrugsprodukter på omkostninger nærmer markedspriser. Saudi Arabia is already the world’s sixth largest importer of rice. Saudi-Arabien er allerede verdens sjette største importør af ris.

Saudi Alternativ: Ris eller olie?

While the decision to abandon domestic farming has been ripening for a long time, it has been hastened by India’s ban on exports of non-basmati rice. Selv om beslutningen om at opgive indenlandske landbrug er blevet modning i lang tid, det er blevet fremskyndet af Indiens forbud mod eksport af ikke-basmati-ris. In 2007 Saudi Arabia imported about 1 million tonnes of rice. I 2007 Saudi-Arabien importerede omkring 1 millioner tons ris.

By investing in farming abroad Saudi Arabia strives to keep control over security of its food supplies, quite expected step for country obsessed with national security (for more information see Saudi Arabia Homeland Security Market Outlook - 2009-2018 ). Ved at investere i landbrug i udlandet Saudi Arabien forsøger at holde kontrol over sikkerheden i sit fødevareforsyninger ganske forventes skridt for land besat af den nationale sikkerhed (for mere information se Saudi Arabien Homeland Security Market Outlook - 2009-2018).

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