Incubator programme for farms, fisheries kicked off

Muscat: A five-day training programme entitled “Agricultural and Fishery Incubators for beneficiaries of integrated agricultural and fishery farms projects in Wadi Hibbi, in the Wilayat of Al Kamil Wa Al Wafi “started yesterday at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Dr. Fu’ad bin Ja’afar Al Sagwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, confirmed in his speech the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to provide the necessary support to the beneficiaries in the integrated agricultural and fisheries farms projects, pointing out that the ministry is currently establishing a company to market agricultural products.
Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al Salami, Director General of Agricultural and Animal Marketing and Investment at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, said in a speech that this training course is an integral part of the integrated agricultural project which reflects the ministry’s efforts to support the agricultural sector to serve the public interest by availing promising investment opportunities.
He added, “In order to ensure the success of these projects and achieve the desired objectives, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries decided to launch a business incubator to train the Omani youth affiliated with the complementary projects, as well as scientific and practical training.
He stressed the keenness of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries officials to do everything in their power to ensure the success of the integrated projects in full, in Al Kamil Wa Al Wafi and Wadi Hibbi, which is the first experiment to be followed and then be spread to the other governorates of the Sultanate to encourage young people to enter into investments with economic feasibility, to increase self-sufficiency rates of vegetables and fish, and improve the ways of presentation, which in turn helps open the export markets for the benefit of the country and the citizen, and enhance the food security of the Sultanate.
For his part, Ibrahim bin Yaqoub Al Nu’mani, Director of the Evaluation and Follow-up Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, gave a presentation on the integrated projects and their importance in food production, in which he addressed the productive and economic indicators and the idea and importance of integrated agricultural and fisheries projects. He also discussed the idea and importance of agricultural and fisheries incubators for integrated projects.