Dairy in the Desert: The UAE's thriving industry
Despite the difficult climate and limited natural resources, the UAE has developed a thriving dairy industry. There are not very many farms, but those that exist are very professionally run and generally have anywhere from 1,000 cows to 8,000 cows on one site, with a few smaller farms having 500 cows.
When you think of Dubai and the Middle East, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t 50,000 dairy cows in the middle of the desert. But the growing desire for fresh dairy products in Dubai has presented the need to develop domestic dairy production instead of relying on imports.
