UAE Business: Oman showcases sustainable projects at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Oman showcases sustainable projects at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

The Oman Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai hosts Omani projects of sustainable nature including the Sustainability Forest and the Million Date Palm Plantation Project, a media report said.



The latter has 11 farms so far that are spread in different regions of the Sultanate of Oman, such as Ibri, Nizwa, Al Safa, and Rahab, reported Oman News Agency (ONA).



Each of these farms is home to between 10 to 100 thousand palm trees. The project aims to achieve food security and economic growth. With the funding of Oman Technology Fund, Engineers Malek and Younis from Wakan Tech are using drone technology to pollinate date palm trees, 300 times faster than traditional pollination.



Waleed and his team at Blue Waters Company and Fisheries Development Oman are developing a high-tech Fish Farming Station to further develop the Aquaculture sector in Oman, benefiting from the length of the Omani costs extending to 3,165 km and overlooking the Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman, and ultimately fulfilling food security and economic growth.


 


The Sustainability Forest at Oman Pavilion also hosts a cooperation project between Oman and the UAE. They join forces to harvest the power of wind to produce sustainable electricity. Set in Harweel, Oman, the Dhofar Wind