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Strategies & Market Trends : Water! Water! Everywhere and Not a Drop To Drink! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: big guy who wrote (98)	6/5/1999 12:23:00 PM
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Welcome to Arab World Online Water: Earth's Most Valuable Commodity (Part Two) James Cramer U.S.-Arab Tradeline This is the second installment of a two-part series addressing the increasingly pressing issue of water resources in the Middle East. Emphasis on efficient water use, specifically in agriculture infrastructure and crop production, has become increasingly important in the Arab world as the region addresses concerns regarding consumable water depletion (Tradeline 4/23/99). The need for improved irrigation technologies and infrastructure development in Arab countries is apparent, and it opens a wealth of opportunities for large US businesses that can use their research and development capabilities to supply the appropriate materials. In addition, the use of water intensive crops has become unrealistic if the Arab world hopes to slow the depletion of their non-renewable water resources. TRADELINE ARTICLES Water This situation creates future trade opportunities for US agricultural exporters that can supply the water intensive crops that will eventually be phased out of production in the Arab world by cuts in government water subsidies. These cuts in water subsidies will benefit the Arab world as government budgets will be lowered, native agriculture will be produced more readily and water resources will be depleted at a decreased rate. The emphasis on improving water-use efficiency is only one half of the solution to the Arab world's water problems. If concerns about water are to be fully addressed, water efficiency must be accompanied by further efforts to increase the aggregate supply of consumable water in the Arab world. In a region that is not known for high amounts of rainfall or inground water resources, desalination will become a leading industry in the endeavor to expand the region's water supply...