H.E. Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment for Agricultural, Livestock And Fisheries Affairs Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser Al-Thani praised the interest of citizens, residents and tourists to visit the fourth Local Dates Festival, which is currently in Souq Waqif, especially on weekends, where the number of visitors during the first four days of its launch has exceeded 15 thousand.

Sheikh Faleh said in a remarks today evening that the total sales have so far exceeded 45 tons of different types of local dates, in addition to increasing the number of local farms participating in this edition which has reached 86 farms.

He considered that the festival is an important opportunity for local farms to market their production of dates directly without any costs, especially after its success in the previous editions, as well as the distinctive venue 'Souq Waqif'. He pointed out that the support enjoyed by the farmers encourages them to pay more attention to this crop and increase the cultivated areas.

H.E. Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment for Agricultural, Livestock And Fisheries Affairs also praised the organization of the festival and its daily process to facilitate the transfer of dates, supervise the conduct of sales, price control and quality, in full cooperation with the management of Souq Waqif.

You can also check out our dates festival video right here.

Source: QNA

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