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Wheat Harvest In Dhofar Up By Almost 200% This Season; Peaks At Nearly 1,500 Tonnes

Oman has bolstered its food security objectives for this season following a strong wheat harvest in the farms from the Najd region in the Governorate of Dhofar that peaked at nearly 1,500 tonnes.

This marked an increase of nearly 200 per cent, as yields increased by over 1,000 tonnes from last season.

As per a statement released by the Oman News Agency (ONA), it was revealed: “The expected production of this season’s wheat crop on farms in the Najd region in the Wilayat of Thumrait is about 1,500 tonnes, an increase of more than 1,000 tonnes over last season.”

This season’s wheat harvest started for 35 farms with an area of 1,547 feddans (1,593.4 acres), with an increase in the cultivated area by about 61 per cent over last season due to nutritional and economic balances.

Eng. Rashid bin Saeed Al Ghafri, the Director-General of the Directorate General of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources in the Governorate of Dhofar, was quoted by local media as having said that the cultivated area of the wheat crop was 600 feddans (618 acres) last season, which increased to 1,547 feddans this season.

Eng. Al Ghafri further pointed out that the cultivation of the wheat crop is spreading at a large pace in the Najd region as a result of the efforts made by the Ministry to encourage farmers to expand strategic cultivations to achieve the objectives of the Oman Vision 2040 in the field of achieving food security.