Factory for animal feed production planned in Khazaen

Muscat: The Omani Bioproducts Company plans to set up a factory for the production of animal feed and aquatic organisms in Khazaen Economic City, at an investment cost estimated at RO37.

The factory will be developed in three phases with the tender for the construction work issued in June this year.

The construction work will be awarded before the end of this year.

The project aims to benefit from agricultural and biological by-products, transform them into specialized value-added products, and recycle date by-products, which include date kernels, pulp, and palm fronds. The project will produce about 100,000 tons annually of alternative grass feed made from agricultural residues enriched with dates, and about

300,000 tons annually of marine life feed such as shrimp and fish cultured in cages.

The factory will use locally available raw materials to cover the needs of newly established food security projects in the fields of red meat, dairy products, aquaculture, and marine agriculture, in addition to serving the export market.