Table 5: Prices of Organic and non-organic vegetables from 4 supermarkets in Muscat, Oman.

Price in
Omani Rials/kg
Organic vs. Conventional
Product Normal Organic Price Premium
Beets 0.35 1.99 569%
Eggplant 0.94 4.06 434%
Mushroom white 2.16 7.59 351%
Carrot 0.27 2.59 959%
Cucumber 0.17 1.84 1,099%
Potato 0.29 2.59 893%
Summer squash 0.63 2.79 443%
Canned tomato 1.00 1.81 181%
cherry tomato 3.50 5.64 161%
Roma tomato 1.99 0.89 45%
Vine tomato 1.13 5.58 494%
Colored pepper 1.49 5.37 360%
Green pepper 0.31 1.65 542%
Garlic 1.49 9.90 664%
Leeks 1.79 4.98 278%
Red onion 0.19 2.26 1,209%
White onion 0.77 1.99 259%
Lettuce 0.52 4.16 807%
Bok choy 0.43 2.99 702%
Cabbage white 0.27 8.54 3,164%
Herbs/mint 0.85 2.19 258%
Parsley 0.85 2.99 352%

Source: Survey by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (April 2017).