Coconut palms in the Sultanate of Oman

 

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Oman: coconut palms at the edge of the desert.

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is an Arab country in the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Holding a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest, and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast.

In the Golf region, coconut is almost exclusively grown and produced in the Sultanate of Oman, particularly in the costal plain of the Dhofar Governorate located in the extreme south-eastern of Oman, where climatic, soil and water condition are more favorable for coconut cultivation.The coconut cultivation covers about 463 hectares of which 75% is produced in agricultural holdings and the remaining as private and public gardens according to 2006 Oman Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Report. 

In Oman, the importance of the coconut palm is not only agricultural. Coconut became one of the main symbols of the Salalah city; this palm now plays a role in both tourist industry and urban landscaping.


In the Golf region, coconut is almost exclusively grown and produced in the Sultanate of Oman, particularly in the costal plain of the Dhofar Governorate located in the extreme south-eastern of Oman, where climatic, soil and water condition are more favorable for coconut cultivation.The coconut cultivation covers about 463 hectares of which 75% is produced in agricultural holdings and the remaining as private and public gardens according to 2006 Oman Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Report.

©R. Bourdeix, 2022, Section DPP-Oman