Excellent - Go Ahead Qatar. (:
Market for local farm produce opens today :
Qatar braces for another milestone as authorities plan to inaugurate today a special market for farm products — vegetables and fruits — produced in the country, in a significant step towards commercialisation of the sector.
Officials at the Ministry of Environment and Hassad Food said the initiative is aimed at catering to the marketing needs of growers producing edible items to meet the needs of Qatar’s population.
To be named Al-Mazrouah Farm, the market is designed to be a huge selling yard in the Umm Salal area off Al-Shamal Road, where growers would be able to bring their produce and sell it without the involvement of middlemen, a usual practice in the past.
Hassad Food — the official arm for the marketing of edible stuff — would co-ordinate with the Ministry of Environment for the project, being seen as lifeline for Qatar’s hitherto irregular farm sector.
The ministry on Monday announced the opening of the market, with hopes the project would help commercialise and institutionalise what currently is a ‘very expensive’ hobby for some wealthy individuals.
With food prices rising sky-high in the international market in recent years, Qatar’s latest venture is seen as an attempt to seek self-sufficiency in farm production to a great extent.
Source : Gulf Times
lol...UK
BB when one has friends like you, who needs a Gardner I mean enemies..:)
Please can you also cut the bushes at the back while you are at it, there kind of over grown at the moment!
OK UK I will get a knife and make sure both the tree and the lemons are gone....lol
Sounds exciting..will try going by tomorrow, Insha Allah.
A very good idea but it is too far for the Doha people.
Its a very good initiative in this desert...Wteva even if they can produce few items, its just something we gotta appreciate. (:
Every hypermarket in Qatar such as Lulu and Careefour shall display and sell local produce, this will encourage local farm producers to produce more and consumers will have option of fresh vegitables and fruits, good work.
lol..you really want to see what lies beneath eh?
Dont know about the melon Brit, But I got a Lemon tree in my garden, that's has two ripe juicy lemons ready to be picked!
Huzzah! Will local melons be on show ?
Wn monkey dont get bananas they see scam every where.
oh bananas r available everywhere from lulu to kanyakumari
I hope they sell bananas for the monkeys.
oh dear ! so many spams nowadays