Here is how Oman’s agriculture sector adapted to COVID-19 challenges – Times of Oman

Here is how Oman’s agriculture sector adapted to COVID-19 challenges – Times of Oman

Muscat: How technology helped Oman's agriculture tide over the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic was the subject of discussion by key individuals from this sector in the country at a webinar organised on Wednesday.

Titled 'Technology and Innovation in the World of Agriculture,' the event featured Saleh Al Shanfari, the CEO of Oman Food Investment Holding Company, Redha Said Khalfan Bait Faraj, the Assistant Director General of Fisheries Marketing Investment at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, and Mohammed Amer Al Mashani, the CEO of Oman National Livestock Development Company.

The meeting is part of a series 'Oman Agro Foods' and is held under the umbrella of the Oman Agriculture Exhibition and Conference. Times of Oman and Al Shabiba are the media partners of the event.

"The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has created a host of solutions for the challenges we have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic,“ said Bait Faraj.

"The supply of fish changed at first, as it was affected by COVID-19, but all the necessary measures were taken by the government to subsequently minimise all the chances of the transmission of the virus in the population.“

Al Shanfari added, "Oman has begun to give attention far earlier than others to