Saleh, M., El Desoki, F., Ismail, I. (2022). FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT. Journal of Productivity and Development, 27(1), 111-124. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2022.205865
Munira Saleh; Fekry El Desoki; Ibrahim Ismail. "FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT". Journal of Productivity and Development, 27, 1, 2022, 111-124. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2022.205865
Saleh, M., El Desoki, F., Ismail, I. (2022). 'FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT', Journal of Productivity and Development, 27(1), pp. 111-124. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2022.205865
Saleh, M., El Desoki, F., Ismail, I. FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT. Journal of Productivity and Development, 2022; 27(1): 111-124. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2022.205865
FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE STATE OF KUWAIT
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Technology and Development, Zagazig University, Egypt.
Abstract
Food security is thestate'sabilitytosecure thenecessary food resources to feed the population in a manner that meets the basic necessities of human growth and preservation by providing a stock of food that can be resorted to in the event of disasters or shortagesinfood production. Food is obtained through local production. The local supply of production and then completing the rest of the population's need by importing from abroad using foreign trade in order to raise the percentage of important food commodities in relation to the quantity required for consumption. The study shows that the most important commoditiesthatthe study studied production and supply of and the percentage of self-sufficiency of themarered meat (cows, sheep and goats) ), poultry meat, milk, fish, vegetables and eggs during theperiod from 2001 -2018as showing improvement in theproportion offood securityin thered meat and a surplusofeggs and declining food securityinpoultry, fish, vegetables and stabilityin themilk due to the role offoreign tradeinbridging theneed of those goods and increased commodity supply Conclusively, the research recommends the need to expand foreign trade, especially export operations, because of its great importance in solving the problem of food security in the State of Kuwait