تغير التركيب المحصولي في المملكة العربية السعودية خلال الفترة من عام 2000-2012: دراسة جغرافية تحليلية

Abstract EN

This study aims to analyze the cropping pattern changes in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the period 2000 2012, with the objective of showing the effect of agricultural policy in KSA on these cropping pattern changes through the time scale of study whether based on the main KSA territories, economical use, of the seasons of cultivation.

In 2000; the agricultural lands that could be used in the agricultural activities were estimated to about 1.12 million hectares, these areas decreased to be about 745 thousand hectares in 2012 at a regressive rate of about 33.4% from the year 2000.

the study results indicate that the decrement of seeds and feeds crop lands at change rates of -65.7%, 8.8% Consecutively whereas the fruits and vegetables crop lands increased at rates of 17.4%, 18% Consecutively through the time scale of study (2000-2012).

through analyzing the Location Quotient we found that the northern territory take up the big part of KSA seeds crop lands which covered about 89679 hectares (about 42.3% of the total seeds crop lands in KSA at 2012), while the feeds and vegetables crop lands are more concentrated in the middle territory where the seeds crop lands reached about two thirds (2/3) of the total crop lands area (65.1%), while the vegetables crop lands reached about 62.2% of the total KSA vegetables crop lands at 2012.

The study results also indicate that more than 68.5% of the total KSA fruits crop lands concentrate only in the northern and middle territories during that period which reflects the government trends to cultivate less water consuming crops in proper lands.