Omani farmer grows more than 200 tonnes of watermelon in 10 acres – Times of Oman

  • Date: 07-Jun-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Agriculture
  • Country:Oman
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Omani farmer grows more than 200 tonnes of watermelon in 10 acres – Times of Oman

Omani farmer grows more than 200 tonnes of watermelon in 10 acres. Summer is one of the best seasons to grow watermelon.. Hamad bin Ali Al Hinai, planted 10 acres this season that gave him 200 tonnes of high quality watermelon.. The price per tonne of watermelon ranges between OMR140-150.According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 4,162) acres were planted with watermelon in for 2019, that produced 56,616 tonnes, compared to 4,120 acres and 56,047 tonnes in 2018.Summer is one of the best seasons to grow watermelon because the seeding-harvesting period takes 75 days, which becomes 90 days in winter..