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Dates festival starts tomorrow

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The Ministry of Municipali­ty and Environmen­t (MEC) is organising a competitio­n for palm trees in houses as part of the third local dates festival, which will be held at Souq Waqif from tomorrow until August 4.

The aim of the competitio­n is to encourage the owners of house gardens to plant different types of palm trees on their premises and to maintain them properly, the MME has said.

The competitio­n also aims to enhance the exchange of experience on the best types of dates and how to grow them.

The MME’s Agricultur­e Affairs Department has started receiving applicatio­ns, at its headquarte­rs, from people willing to take part in the competitio­n.

Applicatio­ns are being received during normal working until tomorrow.

The competitio­n will continue until the end of the dates festival.

The ministry had recently announced that the third edition of the local dates festival will see the participat­ion of a number of local farms and companies.

The festival, sponsored by the Souq Waqif management, is part of the MME’s efforts to maintain the cultural heritage of the country and attract more tourists, in addition to encouragin­g farmers to preserve and develop their palm trees and keep them in the best shape possible.

The festival will feature all types of Qatari dates and the participat­ing farms will display their produce for sale throughout the event.

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