Open AccessA Review: Date Palm Irrigation Methods and Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Ahmed Elfeky,
Jamal Elfaki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of engineering research and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-2926
DOI - 10.9734/jerr/2019/v9i217012
Subject(s) - phoenix dactylifera , palm , arid , geography , food security , irrigation , agroforestry , phoenix , population , production (economics) , agricultural economics , water resources , agriculture , environmental science , agronomy , biology , ecology , environmental health , archaeology , economics , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , metropolitan area , macroeconomics
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), from Saudi Arabia, is a main tree particularly at arid areas. It plays an essential role in both food and food security. 75% of date production worldwide (approx. 5,096.99 tones) were come from Arab countries. Reduction of water opposite the increasing in the population are one of the future challenges for the country so, we focused in this study depending on the literatures to predict the novel approaches that can we used.
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