Over the course of the past four decades, the number of plant holdings increased 38-folds from 634 in 1971 to 24,018 in 2017, according to the Statistical Yearbook (SY) of Abu Dhabi 2018, released by the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) Monday.

Meanwhile, the size of arable land expanded by 33-fold from 22,377 donum to 749,868 donum during the same period.

Abu Dhabi Emirate has made vast strides in the field of agriculture, setting a worldwide example in overcoming the dry conditions of the desert and converting its arid terrain into green farms producing a variety of vegetables and fruits for the consumer market, the SY mentioned.

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