A Review: Date Palm Irrigation Methods and Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Elfeky
Department of Agricultural Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jamal Elfaki *
Faculty of Agriculture, Nile Valley University, Nile River State, Sudan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), from Saudi Arabia, is a main tree particularly at arid areas. It plays an essential role in both food and food security. 75% of date production worldwide (approx. 5,096.99 tones) were come from Arab countries. Reduction of water opposite the increasing in the population are one of the future challenges for the country so, we focused in this study depending on the literatures to predict the novel approaches that can we used.
Keywords: Date palm, irrigation system, irrigation resources, food security, Saudi Arabia