Oman ‘comfortable’ in Food Security Index in second quarter of 2022

Oman ‘comfortable’ in Food Security Index in second quarter of 2022

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman got a place in a list of five Arab countries in the Global Food Security Index for the second quarter of 2022.

The Sultanate ranked 41st globally and the fourth place among Arab countries with a score of 6.77 points.

This pride of place comes following unremitting efforts undertaken by the Sultanate, including 128 initiatives and projects. Thirty-seven of these projects were in the plant sector, 29 in the animal sector, 28 in the fish sector, 8 in the water resources sector and 26 enabling initiatives, with an investment value of OMR1.3 billion ($3.4 billion). These initiatives and projects will be implemented over the next five years, and it is hoped that all of them will contribute to achieving self-sufficiency and food security in the Sultanate.

In the Arab world, the UAE topped the ranking, issued by the Deep Knowledge Analytics Foundation. UAE ranked 26th in the world, followed by Qatar, second in the Arab world and 29th globally, Bahrain third place in the Arab world and 30th globally and Oman, fourth in the Arab world and 41st globally. Algeria ranked 43rd and Saudi Arabia 44th in the world.

Somalia was at the bottom of the rankings to become