Vegetable markets, Mahaseel sold over 37,000 tonnes of local vegetables in 2024

Doha, Qatar: Vegetable markets and Mahaseel sold over 37,000 tonnes of local vegetables in 2024, marking the huge success of the Ministry of Municipal...

Doha, Qatar: Vegetable markets and Mahaseel sold over 37,000 tonnes of local vegetables in 2024, marking the huge success of the Ministry of Municipality’s marketing programmes to encourage farmers to increase their produce.

With the participation of 150 local farms, the vegetable markets sold 13,081 tonnes of local vegetables during the 2023-24 agricultural season, an increase of manifold compared to the 889 tonnes sold in the 2012-13 season when they were launched.

This came in the 2024 annual report of the Ministry of Municipality, which reviews the most prominent achievements and qualitative projects in the implementation of the Ministry’s strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030.

Mahaseel for Marketing and Agriculture Services Company received 24,000 tonnes of vegetables worth QR68m from 199 local farms in 2024.

Mahaseel aims to support local agricultural production and contribute to achieving self-sufficiency by marketing farmers’ products and providing agricultural services under the supervision of the Ministry of Municipality. The company purchases vegetables through the pre-contracting (Daman) and daily contracting programmes.