The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), in co-operation with Mahaseel, has launched the guarantee programme ‘Daman’ to support local farmers by signing contracts in advance to purchase their vegetable products for the 2020/2021 season.

The initiative aims to provide guaranteed prices for the local farm products and allow farmers to prepare their production plan according to the needs of the market.

The new programme requires farmers to sign contracts with Mahaseel for 12 types of basic vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, green pepper, pepper, eggplant, Roman lettuce, American lettuce, sesame, parsley, mint, green onion and dill.

The ministry explained that the contract for the 2020/2021 season between farmers and Mahaseel to grow the aforementioned crops will be at incentive prices for farmers, guaranteeing them the best income. This season will be the first time the guarantee programme initiative will be implemented and it will provide the farmers ‘great prices’, the ministry said.

“Through the guarantee programme, the average contract price for basic vegetables will be about QR5 per kg, along with fixed guarantee rates for the first and second class vegetables throughout the season, regardless of market prices,” the ministry said.


Source : Gulf Times


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