The agricultural sector is one of the important sectors in the Jordanian economy; and a tributary of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) The value of agricultural GDP for 2007 had come to (312.4) million dinars representing
(2.8%) of GDP, the livestock contributes of (55%) thereof, the low contribution of this sector in GDP is attributed
to the growth that has taken place in other sectors such as industry, services and real estate in addition to the high
prices of production inputs; grazing lands are accounted for 90% of the area of the Kingdom; cultivated land has
reached an area of (1.9) million acres distributed in field crops, vegetables and fruit trees; the size of the labor
force in agriculture has reached (1.47) million workers. (Ministry of Agriculture Report, 2007).
In fact the importance of the agricultural sector can not be assessed through the ratio it form in the economy of the
states but that importance comes from its role in providing food security when the prosperity of this sector is
attained, thus enhancing the independence of decision-making