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Table 62: Oman - Key Food Ecosystem Stakeholders
Stakeholder Agro-industry
and retail
Investment Education/
Research
NGO/ Special Interest
Groups
Select key
entities
Capital
outlay/investment
of RO 200 million
or more476.
Assets under
management of
more than RO
235 Million 477
With 7,000 students
or more478
More than 100
members479
 Al Namma
Poultry Co
 Al Bashayer
Meat Company
 Mazoon Dairy
Co.
 Oman
National
Investments
Development
Company
(Tanmia)
 College of
Agriculture and
Marine Sciences
(Sultan Qaboos
University)
 Omani Agriculture
Association
Government monitoring activities
Oman has implemented the nutrition surveillance system to help align public health priorities.
The Ministry of Health operates the National Health Survey - inclusive of the National non-
communicable diseases survey with their associated risk factors - and National Survey of
Nutrition.480 The national health survey aids in developing a database of non-communicable
diseases and devising appropriate policies and strategies. The National nutrition survey
measures micronutrient indicators - such as anemia and iron deficiency – as well as other
malnutrition indicators.481 The consumer price index, an indicator of inflation rate, is measured
by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) in Oman.
Mitigation: Contingency planning
Oman has conducted a national assessment of the impacts of climate change, its vulnerabilities
and adaptations pertinent tohealth. The Sultanate has also incorporated climate information in
its Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) system.482
Since Oman imports a substantial portion of its food and is vulnerable to global factors, the
government established the PublicAuthority for Stores and Food Reserves (PASFR) in 1980 to
secure the Sultanate’s long-term food requirements. PASFR is primarily responsible for
maintaining stockpiles of essential food items in locations around the country.483 The stocks are
maintained for meeting emergency requirements for up to six months. 484
Oman, being one of the most water scarce countries in theworld, passed a Royal Decree in 1988
to declare all water resources in the country as national resources for effective water
476 OFICwebsite.
477 Tanmiawebsite.
478 Times higher education rankings website.
qaboos-university
479 “Batinah farmers export produce to Japan”. Oman Observer, 2018.
export-farm-produce-japan/
480 “MOH launches national health survey”. Oman Observer, 2018.
health-surveys/
481 “Oman sees worrying rise in underweight kids”. YMagazine, 2018.
worrying-rise-in-underweight-kids/
482 WHOwebsite.
483
484 Trade Policy Review: Oman 2008. World Trade Organization