What is the traditional economic sector in many countries of Western Asia

Livestock farming is the traditional agricultural economic sector in West Asia. West Asia is rich in oil resources, many countries have also developed the oil extraction industry.

West Asia mainly belongs to the tropical desert climate, West Asia's agricultural sector is dominated by animal husbandry, animal husbandry is a traditional economic sector in many countries. The region's characteristic products are: Turkey Ankara wool, Afghanistan's purple lamb skin, Iran, Afghanistan's wool carpet, Iraq's dates. The representative plant of tropical and subtropical oasis agriculture in West Asia is the date palm. Cultivation is also developed on the river valley plains and desert oases.

West Asia's Persian Gulf coast is rich in oil resources, many countries mining oil, a large number of exports, to obtain a relatively high income. Most of the oil in West Asia is exported to China and Japan, and some is exported to Western Europe and North America.