The total cultivated area in the sultanate reached 103,600 ha by the end of 2018 compared to 96,000 ha by the end of 2017, an increase of 8 percent, according to the data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Fodder crops accounted for the largest amount of cultivated land, followed by fruit crops, with a total area of 30,000 ha and a total production of 459,695 tonnes, and vegetables, with a total area of 21,400 ha and production of 817,940 tonnes.
As per the statistics, in fruit crops, date palms accounted for a total production of 368,808 tonnes while mangoes accounted for a total production of 15,847 tonnes. The total cultivated areas for bananas was 1,485 ha and a production of 18,265 tonnes.
Lemon cultivation had a production of 7,112 tonnes while coconut cultivation ended up at 6,643 tonnes. Papaya: a total production of 5,772 tonnes and areas cultivated with other fruit crops stood at a total production of 37,247 tonnes.
In vegetable crops, tomatoes accounted for the largest cultivated areas, with a production of 199,232 tonnes, followed by watermelon with 56,047 tonnes and cauliflower with 28,031 tonnes. Cantaloupes yielded a production of 33,463 tonnes while pepper production stood at 64,663 tonnes.
Source: muscatdaily.com