Editing Economy of Kuwait (section)

==Agriculture==
In 2016, Kuwait's food self-sufficiency ratio was 49.5% in vegetables, 38.7% in meat, 12.4% in dairy, 24.9% in fruits, and 0.4% in cereals.<ref name="food_selfsufficient">{{cite web|title=Food self-sufficiency ratio in Kuwait in 2016, by type|work=Statista|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/678034/kuwait-food-self-sufficiency-ratio-by-type/|date=26 August 2020|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614174344/https://www.statista.com/statistics/678034/kuwait-food-self-sufficiency-ratio-by-type/|url-status=live}}</ref> 8.5% of Kuwait's entire territory consists of agricultural land, while arable land covers 0.6% of Kuwait's entire territory.<ref name="agri2">{{cite web|author=Choi Moon-hee|title=South Korean Companies Building Smart Farms in the Middle East|work=Business Korea|url=http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=67375|date=18 May 2021|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614175754/http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=67375|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="agri3">{{cite web|title=Land use - The World Factbook - CIA|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/land-use/|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814084025/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/land-use|url-status=live}}</ref> Historically, Jahra was a predominantly agricultural area. There are currently various farms in Jahra.<ref>[https://www.aidanbrooks.co.uk/farmers-of-jahra/nyrzyh4fvwxx7o49vf4ynub8vyfbrq Farmers of Jahra]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2017, agriculture (including fisheries) accounted for almost 0.4 percent of the [[gross domestic product]].<ref name="cia.gov"/> Around 4 percent of the economically active population works in agriculture, almost all foreigners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?name_desc=true|title=Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) {{!}} Data|website=data.worldbank.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731015040/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?name_desc=true|url-status=live}}</ref> The majority of farm owners are investors.<ref name=":0" /> The total agricultural land covered 1,521&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=KWT|title=general profile|website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|language=en|access-date=2018-04-22|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203113522/http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=KWT|url-status=live}}</ref>

The agriculture industry is hampered by the limited water and arable land. The government has experimented in growing food through [[hydroponics]] and carefully managed farms. However, most of the soil which was suitable for farming in south central Kuwait was destroyed when Iraqi troops set fire to oil wells in the area and created vast "oil lakes". Fish and shrimp are plentiful in territorial waters, and largescale [[commercial fishing]] has been undertaken locally and in the [[Indian Ocean]].