National food safety depends on the modernization and mechanization of agriculture

Abstract

Since independence, Algeria's economy has relied on the hydrocarbons sector, which represents 98% of the population. This has caused all economic indicators and national policies, whether development or related to the state budget, to be anchored directly to the figures for the export of gas and oil. Algeria has been unable, for more than half a century, to establish a diversified and affluent economy, in light of the dominance of the container economy, which is not immune from external crises and the requirements of the international market. Algeria is distinguished from the countries of the Mediterranean basin by its vast area, the diversity of its climate and environmental systems, and its unique geographical structure. This has made its space characterized by four climatic systems, from the Mediterranean in the north to the coastal climate in the far south. Climate diversity is logically related to the diversity of resources, ecosystems and agricultural products throughout the year. These natural advantages also allowed some products to be impersonated twice a year.

All scientific experiments and economic approaches have reached the inevitable conclusion that we must modernize the agricultural sector through modernizing its structures, modernizing its production factors, and, in particular, introducing modern technology into all stages of the agricultural production process in its various divisions and specializations, and in various climatic regions.