Huge boost to food security

“We are proud to be a founding partner of this project, which is expected to serve as an example for other projects covering vital sectors in Oman and contribute to creating employment opportunities for young Omani people and achieving wellbeing of the future generations,” he said.

Uk-based Systemic Innovation, a company specialised in the field of innovation, has been appointed to conduct the feasibility study for the date palm tree products and wastes in cooperation with the Industrial Innovation Center.

The investment areas include producing assorted products extracted from date palm trees such as juices and syrups. In addition, other by-products include natural coal, date palm lumbar, fodder and fertilizers.

This will be carried out in cooperation with specialised investors in a bid to create high-quality products that can compete in the world markets.

The project also aims at having a modern date palm tree sector in the Sultanate to ensure optimum utilisation of the available resources.

It seeks to create a modern date processing sector that uses the most advanced technological applications in products in parallel to development of traditional crafts for secondary products and maintaining the Omani heritage in this fields.

The project aims at enhancing the economic capabilities of Omani agriculture in general and encouraging food processing.

The One Million Date Palm Trees Project aims to produce 96,000 tonnes of dates and 56,000 tonnes of date palm products such as fronds, trunks, trunk bases, offshoot and others.

UK-BASED SYSTEMIC INNOVATION HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE DATE PALM TREE PRODUCTS AND WASTES