On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests Majid Almasrouri, Jaibir Cheema, and Saleh Alshanfari – as they explore the local food system in Muscat, Oman.

In this episode, we interview Jaibir Cheema CEO, Teejan Podponics and Saleh Alshanfari the CEO, Oman food investment holding.

Muscat, the capital of Oman, is a port city also surrounded by mountains and deserts. Rainfall is Muscat is insufficient for growing crops. Water problems, along with overfarming, caused the government to establish the Ministry of Water Resources in 1990. The government's economic development policy emphasizes the expansion of non-oil sectors as an effort to diversify the economy and diminish its dependence on oil exports.

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