Kuwaiti Farmer grow the Basmati Rice in Kuwait

A Kuwaiti farmer has managed to grow basmati rice in Kuwait for the first time. Yusuf Al-Kirbani told KUNA, Kuwait News Agency, that despite tough conditions he has grown Indian basmati rice on his farm in the Al Wafra area.

He said basmati requires heavy neutral soils like clay, clay loam and loamy, that are capable of holding water for longer periods, So he used cultivation basins without holes to hold water. He also attempted to produce black tomatoes and white strawberry.

*Basmati is a variety of long, slender grain aromatic rice which is traditionally from India and Pakistan. In 2014, India supplied 65 percent of the overseas basmati rice market. ‘Basmati’ derives from the Sanskrit word vasmati, meaning ‘fragrant’. It is believed to have been cultivated in the Indian subcontinent for centuries.

---

Kuwait News

• Events in Kuwait
• Egyptian woman files rape complaint
• New electronic system for passengers at Kuwait Airport
•  Police are looking for 10,000 Expatriates and Kuwaitis
• Kuwait has cheapest internet Services
• Permanent residence for expats spending 30 years in Kuwait
• Court ordered Kuwaiti to pay 19000 KD to an expat
• CSC delays appointment of 35 expats
• Fake gold seized in various locations
• Call to review rent contracts
• Deportation for Expatriate who repeats offence
• The Prices of Kuwait Visas
• Ongoing search for a girl dancing on road
• The shape of any society becomes from the reflection of the artistic yardsticks of the poets
• What does it mean “Ban on recruitment of expats below 30 years of age” ?
• Court Sentenced 5 years imprisonment to 3 Nurses in Kuwait
• Kuwaitis 2nd most intelligent people among Arabs
• No health fee rise to KD 130 prior to 2020
• An Indian and two Nepali arrested in Salwa
• Three Asian Women Arrested in Airport
• 6845 jobs in Oil Sector

• <<
• 1
...
• 42
• 43
• 44
• 45
• 46
• 47
• 48
• 49
• 50
• 51
• 52
...
• 200
• >>

---

Filed in: All • Expats in Kuwait • Info • Local News • News
Tagged with: about • about kuwait • alert • basmati rice • basmati rice in kuwait • bloggers • breaking news • date • events • events in kuwait • events kuwait • expats in kuwait • expats kuwait • festivals • kud • kuwait • kuwait bloggers • kuwait events • kuwait expats • kuwait festivals • kuwait news • kuwait social media • kuwait uptdate • kuwait upto date • kuwaitup 2date • kuwaitup2date • kuwaituptodate • news • news kuwait • q8up2date • rice • social media • things to do in kuwait • to • top • up • up2date • uptodate • weekend • weekend events • weekend events in Kuwait • what to do in kuwait