MUSCAT: The total value of food production between 2019 and 2022 grew by 9.6 percent from RO 958 million to RO 1.261 billion, according to Dr. Saud Hamoud Al Habsi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources.
Addressing the 6th regular session of its 10th term first annual convening, the minister explained that the total volume of food production from plant, animal and fisheries sources increased from 3.9 million tons in 2019 to 4.7 million tons in 2022, up by 6.4 percent
The minister said that public-private sector food security laboratories generated a number of agriculture, fisheries and water investment projects that consolidate food and water security system in the Sultanate of Oman.
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Among those, 137 projects have been outlined and envisaged to have an investment value of approximately RO 1.656 billion. After the implementation of the next phase, the projects are expected to provide about 852,000 tons of plant, animal and fisheries products, the minister added.
