Eid Sari Al Azemi has a farm in Wafra and proudly calls himself the first banana farmer in Kuwait. While others have grown bananas in Kuwait before, Al Azemi stands out with over 2,000 trees supplying the local market daily with his Kuwait-grown bananas.
Al Azemi initially started with just eight banana trees as an experiment to see how they would turn out. After growing and tasting them, he decided to expand and grow more. Despite his friends and fellow farmers advising him to stick to tomatoes and cucumbers, Al Azemi was determined to innovate. He chose not to follow the crowd and instead pursued his vision of bringing something new to the table. So, he started growing bananas, and not just one kind, he grew bananas from Ecuador, Oman, Philippines, and Turkey.
He considers himself the first banana farmer in Kuwait since he was the first to grow over 1,000 banana trees with plans to expand to 30,000. While bananas are his primary focus, he also cultivates papayas, figs, and mangos. I thought mangos would be the hardest to grow in Kuwait, but interestingly, bananas were the most challenging in his experience.
Right now his bananas aren’t widely available yet due to the limited number he produces. He currently sells to a wholesaler in Sulaibiya but he recommend you pass by his farm and buy directly from him. He says he sells them cheaper than the imported bananas in the market, and you’ll also be getting them straight from the farm.
If you want to pass by his farm, here is a link to it on Google Maps. You can also follow Eid on instagram @kes.1971, and on TikTok @eid_alsari and Twitter @h_asdasd where he is more active
10 replies on “Kuwait’s Visionary Banana Farmer”
First picture goes so hard. Love the dedication
Right?? I love the photos
Amazing!!
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why the government isn’t investing in agriculture, especially after witnessing the success of local farmers who have planted bananas, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many more vegetables. It’s incredible to see how one individual started their own business planting banana trees and achieved such success.
I’ve tried it and now i will only buy kuwaiti grown bananas.
These are great, they are fresh, they are fresher than you think. Most people don’t know that when you go get that Chiquita banana from Sultan, that it was harvested up to 9 months earlier, stored green in a chilled nitrogen room, and then ‘ripened’ in a pressurized ethylene chamber before going to the store.
Fantastic , all good wishes ,, there are lots of banana varieties, grow all of them , so that you can focus on bananas,, you can increase your income by planting jack fruit trees, whiich fruit within 2,3years, Vietnam early,,, sweet and tasty,
I have loved bananas from my very young age and still have one everyday. I also had the good fortune to taste the Omani ones while on a trip to Salalah.
I will definitely try out the Kuwaiti grown one soon!
Thank you Mark for sharing Eid’s information.
Super, best wishes.
You can do Velvet Beans. This is a good crop to sultivate here too.
Wish to meet you soon.
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This so cool. I never thought bananas could be grown in Kuwait in sand. So amazing. Well done to this amazing person !