OMR37 million factory in Khazaen Economic City to produce animal feed

OMR37 million factory in Khazaen Economic City to produce animal feed

Muscat: As part of the efforts made by the Sultanate of Oman to enhance food security, the Omani Bioproducts Company intends to support the construction of a factory for the production of animal feed for aquatic organisms. At an investment cost of OMR37 million, the company will be establishing a factory in three phases in Khazaen Economic City, The tender for the construction work of the factory was issued in June of this year, and it is expected that the construction work will be awarded before the end of this year. Nine local companies have made bids for the work, while the project's equipment and machinery have started arriving. The project aims to benefit from agricultural and biological by-products, transforming them into specialised value-added products, and recycle date by-products, which include date kernels, pulp, and palm fronds. The project will produce about 100, 000 tonnes annually of alternative grass feed made from agricultural residues enriched with dates, and about 300, 000 tonnes annually of marine life feeds for culture of shrimp and fish in cages. The project will use locally available raw materials to cover the needs of newly established food security projects in the field of red meat, dairy