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3/19/24, 11:30 AM           PRESSR: Dubai Municipality unveils Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce competition — TradingView News
        “The Municipality offers essential facilities to implement initiatives

        and programs to support the success of citizens’ agricultural projects

        and encourage them to make use of available spaces in their gardens


        thus boosting proportions of the contributions made by small-scale

        domestic agricultural enterprises towards Dubai’s domestic product

        ranges. It further aims to improve the quality of life and happiness

        of the members of the society,” Al-Awadi added.




        Registration Procedures




        Dubai Municipality allotted a one-month period to register for this

        competition through the following link: https://dm.gov.ae. Aspiring


        participants can fill out the form, which requires the owner’s

        personal data, place number, location of the area planted (courtyard

        or rooftop), details of cultivated items, irrigation methods, and a


        picture of the garden. All kinds of owners (property or lease) with

        home gardens are eligible to participate in the competition, while

        the owners of farmlands, members of the Supreme or Technical

        Committee, or other subcommittees are not entitled to take part in

        it.




        Assessment Criteria




        Dubai Municipality curated a comprehensive matrix including the key


        criteria for assessment. It involves factors such as environment and

        sustainability that underscores the conditions for the use of organic

        fertilizers and reduction of chemical fertilizers and soil free of

        weeds, ensuring the safety of plant varieties from pests and diseases

        through integrated control method. proper waste disposal and


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