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3/19/24, 11:30 AM Dubai Municipality unveils Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce Competition - Middle East News 247

Dubai Municipality unveils Dubai’s Best

Homegrown Produce Competition

By Middle East News 247 March 18, 2024

Dubai Municipality announced the ‘Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce Competition’, one of the programs
under Dubai Farms, which seeks to support citizen farmers who are productive agricultural entrepreneurs
and to promote local agriculture for increased local production, and enhanced food security in the Emirate of

Dubai. The move comes in line with the objectives of Dubai Social Agenda 33, aimed at empowering Dubai
citizens and increasing their productivity and economic contribution, thereby achieving self-sufficiency and
physical, family, and social independence.

The competition aims to promote a culture of productive agriculture, adopt the concept of environmental
sustainability, and achieve self-sufficiency of the family from agricultural products and crops produced in their

homes as they will be at the level of the emirate’s neighborhoods, as well as raise community awareness on
the latest methods and techniques in agriculture.

The prizes will amount to AED 100,000, which will be awarded to the first three centers divided into AED
50,000 for the first winner, AED 30,000 for the second, and AED 20,000 for the third. In addition, a ‘Medal of

Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce, will be placed by Dubai Municipal Leaders at the front of the winning
garden. The winners of the competition will be announced in May 2024.

Muhammad Abdul Rahman Al-Awadi, Director of Agriculture Department at Dubai Municipality,
said: “Dubai Municipality is focused on the goal of supporting community practices, which motivates both

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