"With our 35 years of experience in Saudi in the modern agricultural industry and especially in dairy as well as in poultry, I believe we created a world-class, efficient agricultural project," says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.

"The biggest challenge is and will be with water consumption. For example, today 96% of the water consumption in the dairy business comes from feeding. So the direction in the future is to benefit from the know-how we get in the dairy or poultry industry, but to depend more up to full dependence on importing the feed ingredients rather than producing it here in Saudi. This will keep the know-how we have in those businesses and will remove the negative side of those businesses, mainly in the water consumption."

Interview: http://www.marcopolis.net/agriculture-in-saudi-arabia-water-is-the-biggest-challenge.htm