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Zawya
24-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Oman: MAFWR launches $779,559 agricultural hub in Ibra to boost local produce
Ibra – A new agricultural products collection centre is being developed in North Sharqiyah aimed at enhancing local farming output and improving access to markets. Located in the Masroon area of Ibra, the facility will function as a logistics hub to receive, store and distribute seasonal produce across the governorate. Mohammed bin Ali al Duwaiki, Vice-Chairman of Oman Agriculture Association in North Sharqiyah, said the project – funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources and Agricultural and Fisheries Development Fund with more than RO300,000 – represents a significant step in supporting the agricultural sector. He said the centre will help farmers add value to their products while ensuring quality standards are met for both local and export markets. Covering 42,000sqm, the centre will include modern storage units, sorting and packaging facilities, sales outlets, and a display space for fresh produce collected daily from across the governorate. Duwaiki informed that the project is currently in the bidding stage with construction scheduled to begin in the last quarter of this year and expected to take 24 months. He added that the centre will improve efficiency of agricultural marketing and regulation in the governorate, allowing farmers to sell their produce through supervised channels. The aim is to enhance supply and demand while maintaining product quality through professional sorting and packaging before distribution in Oman and abroad. The ministry's broader strategy to establish such collection centres across the sultanate is intended to create structured marketing networks, improve value addition, and promote the use of advanced technologies in agricultural processing and distribution. © Apex Press and Publishing Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Times of Oman
23-07-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
Agricultural products station in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate serves as added-value hub
Ibra: The "Agricultural Products Collection Station" in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate is one of the most prominent projects that contributes to boosting the agricultural sector and inspiring farmers, thus adding local value to the governorate's agricultural products. The station serves as an integrated logistics centre for various seasonal agricultural products. Mohammed bin Ali Al Duwaiki, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oman Agricultural Association in North A'Sharqiyah Governorate, told Oman News Agency (ONA) that the agricultural products collection station is funded with more than RO 300,000 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources and the Agricultural and Fisheries Development Fund (AFDF). He added that the funding enabled the centre to achieve its desired objectives, most notably encouraging farmers to market their products in a way that ensures the supply of high-quality products for the local and foreign markets. Al Duwaiki pointed out that the station, which occupies an area of 42,000 square metres, uses the latest technologies to preserve, package and market products according to top standards, before their marketing. By establishing such agricultural product collection stations in the Sultanate of Oman's governorates, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources seeks to set up networks of state-of-the-art marketing outlets that contribute to achieving local added value and marketing local agricultural products that are compatible with the latest technologies and commercial marketing methods.
