I remember in year 2001 at ...

I remember in year 2001 at Dundee Scotland I met one participant from Saudi Arabia, during the Dundee Water 2000 seminar. He told me Saudi Arab Government does not allow farmers to grow crops, which require greater amount of water like rice and sugar cane, as water availability in Saudi Arabia is not good. Saudi Arabia imports rice and sugarcane and other crops which require greater quantity of water for crop production. This can be adopted in other countries also. There is appreciable wastage of water in agriculture sector, which needs to be reduced.