Vision 2030 defines agriculture as one of five main strategic sectors, including aerospace and automotive In 2019, aquifers supplied no less than 10 billion cubic meters of irrigation water to local farms Updated 04 June 2021 June 03, 2021 23:12 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is a waterless and barren land, covered by vast deserts and rugged mountains and therefore unsuited to anything but growing dates. Right? Actually, wrong. The Saudi environment is dry, no doubt. But surprisingly, the Kingdom is an agricultural powerhouse, on the path to achieving a considerable measure of food security, while becoming a major exporter of agricultural products. This trend has been given further urgency with the implementation of Vision 2030, which defines agriculture as one of five main strategic sectors, alongside aerospace/defense, automotive, transport/logistics, and construction.