Food Security in Oman:
Challenges and Opportunities
Naufal H. Rasheed , Ph.D
Food Security Workshop
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, march 21 - 22
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Outline:
Elements of Food Security (FS)
FS structure in Oman
Questions related to FS
Components of food production
Performance figures of domestic food production
Contribution to GDP
Rates of food expenditure
Main challenges
Strategic initiative and goals
Food self sufficiency (FSS) and criteria for future action
Current and future policy
Investment map
Forms of investment
Ongoing new large investments
Expected outcomes
Final conclusion
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Food From Local Production + Import
Quantity
Safety
Elements
of Food
Security
Nutrition
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Quality
Health &
Nutrition
Food Safety
Fossil Fuel
Dependence
Bio Fuel
Land
Degradation
Bio Diversity
Water Security
Strategic
Reserves
Climate Change
Sustainable
Agriculture
Desertification
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Global Warming
Socio-Economic
Value Chain
Analysis
Many Others
Existed
Food
Production
Systems
Food
Stores +
reserves
Food
Imports
Early
Warning
System
Food
security
structure
domestic
Food
Production
New
Investments
(Local+
Abroad)
Target: increasing domestic productions and reducing imports
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1. Is Oman a food secured country?
2. Is Oman a food deficit country?
3. Is it possible to resolve food security challenges?
4. What are the potentials to improve FSS?
5. What are the possibility to improve the contribution of
food added value to GDP?
6. What will be the status of food security in 2020, 2030
and 2040?
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Finance,
insurance
and
subsidies
Polices and
institutiona
l buildings
Nature
Resources
Food
production
systems
Components
of Food
Production
Legislations
and
regulations
Pre & postharvesting
Marketing
infrastructures
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Rural
societies
• AAGR of domestic food production (2011- 2014):
Crop= 3.7 %
Livestock = 15 %
Fisheries = 10.4 %
• AAGR of domestic food production value(2011-2014) = 6.3 %
• AAGR of domestic food production - GDP value(2011-2014) = 7.4 %
• FSS of total domestic food production to total available food for
consumption (2014) = 41 %
• Percentage of total domestic food production value to total available
food consumption value (2014)= 35%
Note: Domestic Food Productions = food from: Crops, Livestock and Fisheries Subsectors
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Other Countries
UK
GCC
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
UAE
KSA
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.6
1.9
OMAN
1.3
(2014)
Switzerland
Actual
Denmark
Germany
Japan
USA
Ireland
OMAN
3%
(2040)
Targeted
France
Canada
Nonwage
Sewed
Italy
8
South Africa
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.8
2.4
2.4
Omanis
(family/month) =
Omanis and
expatriates
(family/month)
35%
31%
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1. Agriculture land
Area (Hec)
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2. Water resources
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2.4
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2.5
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3.Pastures :
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4. Livestock production systems:
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5- Small Holding Size
• Number of Cultivated Holdings = 166610
• Around 74% of the holding is < 2 fd.
• Mixed Farming Activities
6. Lack of marketing infrastructure
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Fisheries
Agriculture
1. Sustainable
1. Strategic Plan for
Agriculture & Rural
Fisheries Development
Development (SARD)
(2013-2020)
(2016-2040)
2. Sustainable
Management of
2. Investment Plan
Fisheries Sector in
(2016-2020)
Oman (2020-2040)
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1. Implementing an integrated natural resource
management systems to facilitate food security.
2. Increasing domestic food production, integrated with
food chains business.
3. Bridging the gap between growth population and food
demand.
4. Expanding agriculture & fisheries investment.
5. Strengthening the capacities of food reserves and stores.
6. Adaption an early warning system to stabilize
international food price.
7. Improving food consumption pattern.
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classification
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Food
commodities
Percentages of
FSS
Actions
Planned
Future trend up to 2040
 More emphasize on investment projects
 Expediting food self sufficiency improvement
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Fish
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Aquaculture form
Fish Processing
Pocking of chilled and Frozen
1. Large Investment Companies
2. Small & Medium Enterprises
3. Cooperatives
Investment Partnership
 Public & Private Sectors
Private Sector
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Commodities
Number of Projects
Capacity (1000 tones)
Poultry Meat
6
116
Eggs
2
18
Dairy
2
230
Red Meat
2
35
Date Processing
1
30
Derived Product from Dates
1
30
Date Palm By-Products
Utilization
2
60
Vegetables & Fruits
Marketing
1
30 Veg.
15 Fruit
Fodder Production (out of
Oman)
1
120
Fish Aquaculture
13
32
Total
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716
Food Sources
DFP
2014
(1000 Tones)
Expected DFP
2020
(1000 Tones)
Total
Expected DFP
2020
(1000 Tones)
Livestock
223
339
622
152%
Crop
739
55
794
7%
Fisheries
211
32
243
15%
Total
1173
486
1659
41%
% growth
(Total
2020/2014)
Note:- estimates of DFP from existed holdings, SEMs, Cooperatives, fish catchment are
not included
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Fodder
Fodder Source Production
(2014)
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Expected
New Fodder
Prod.
(2020)
Total Fodder
Prod.
(2020)
% growth
(Total
2020/2014)
Crop
190
240
430
126%
Rangeland
265
265
265
0%
Fodder Prod.
Out of Oman
-
120
120
100%
Date Palm ByProduct
-
50
50
100%
Farm Fish
-
450
450
100%
Total
455
1125
1315
189%
 More emphasis on investment activities.
 Adopting new forms of investments.
 Improving water management & WUE.
 Modernizing food production system.
 Achieving promising growth rate.
 Increasing FSS.
 Better contribution to GDP.
 Higher productivity per unit area.
 Supporting economical diversification.
 Initiative for investment outside Oman.
 Bridging Fodder gaps.
 Improving marketing infrastructures
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Thanks for your listening
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