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Wheat, water, and Saudi Arabia
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Wheat, water, and Saudi Arabia - Practice Questions
1. From 1980 to 1992, Saudi Arabia greatly expanded their wheat production. As a result of this change the government heavily subsidized the growing of wheat and the extension of irrigation systems. As a result:
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the Saudis produced wheat more cheaply than other countries
the cost of producing wheat in Saudi Arabia exceeded the selling price
the country saw a massive shift in industry, from oil to wheat
