PDO backs major desert agriculture project
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has signed an agreement with the Agriculture Production and Marketing Company (APMC) to plant crops and 500,000 trees in the desert over the next 10 years.
The Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) focuses on a 35km2 tract of land at Rahab in the south of PDO’s concession area.
The new scheme contributes to the need for a “green and circular economy that addresses national needs and moves consistently with the global trends” outlined in the Oman Vision 2040 that serves national environmental, food security and In-Country Value (ICV) objectives.