Muscat – The agreements constitute part of the Ministry’s programmes to support the agricultural sector in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources.

The agreements were signed by Dr. Khalfan Said Al Shuaili, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, in the presence of H.H. Sayyid Marwan Turki Al Said, Governor of Dhofar, and Dr. Saud Hamoud Al Habsi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources.

The agreements include 37 contracts for wheat cultivation in Al Najd agricultural district in Dhofar Governorate – on an area of 28 million square meters – to the tune of OMR 5.5 million. This is in addition to 3 contracts covering tissue culture and plant nurseries in the wilayats of Salalah and Barka at an investment value of OMR 3.5 million and covering a total area of about 93,000sqm.

So far in 2023, a total of 30 usufruct contracts worth about RO 1,050,000 were signed for investment in farming lands affiliated to the Office of Al Najd Agricultural Area Development. They deal with a total area of about 1,260,000sqm.