Outlets for the sale of Omani dates launched

Muscat: Marketing outlets for the sale of Omani dates have been launched at Muscat Mall Centre in the Wilayat of Seeb, Muscat Governorate.

"The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has opened marketing outlets for the sale of Omani dates at the Muscat Mall Centre in South Maabila in the Wilayat of Seeb," the Ministry said in a statement.

The opening was sponsored by His Excellency Dr Ahmed bin Nasser Al Bakri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Water Resources for Agriculture, who listened to an explanation of the types of dates offered by farmers, producers and owners of pioneering projects in the sale of dates.

Engineer Hadia Bint Juma Al Balushi, Director of the Marketing and Agricultural Industries Department at the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Water Resources, said that these marketing outlets are attended to by Omani date producers, such as farmers, owners of date processing units and female  entrepreneurs who have home-based projects from various governorates of the Sultanate of Oman.

Al Balushi pointed out the participation of the  Nakheel Oman  Development Company in displaying the finest types of dates and their derivatives and manufacturing industries such as juices, molasses, sweets with dates, and cosmetics made from date derivatives.