(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- H E Dr Fuad bin Ja'afar bin Mohammed al Sajwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, presided over a foundation stone laying ceremony for Mazoon Dairy's flagship dairy project in Sunayah recently.
The event formally marked the official launch of the main construction work on the state-of-the-art RO100mn project.
H E Dr Sajwani was joined by the members of the board and the senior management of Mazoon Dairy, dignitaries of the wilayat of Buraimi and the main contractor Al Adrak Trading and Contracting at the event.
The milestone marks the most important step yet in the development of one of the sultanate's biggest-ever food manufacturing projects that is a main goal in the nation's drive towards self-sufficiency in food production.
Guests at the ceremony were taken on a tour of the 15sq km Sunayah site that will soon see the construction of the main dairy farm, feeding centre, milking parlours, staff accommodation, management office building and an expansive road network.
The groundbreaking dairy project is backed by the Oman Food Investment Company, government pension and investment funds.
Once completed in 2018, the Mazoon Dairy project will have wide ranging positive impact in helping enhance the health of the nation, create hundreds of jobs for Omanis and be a stimulus for economic growth in the Buraimi area.
H E Dr Sajwani said, 'This is an eagerly anticipated milestone event for the food sector in Oman and is a major part of our continuing drive towards enhanced food security and growing self-sufficiency in domestic production.'
Starting from an initial workforce of 400 it is anticipated that within a decade Mazoon Dairy will employ 2,300 staff – with an estimated 70 per cent of the skilled jobs occupied by Omanis.
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