First edition of Umm Salal Winter Festival kicks off

DOHA: The first edition of the Umm Salal Winter Festival kicked off yesterday to support local products with the participation of farms and factories...

DOHA: The first edition of the Umm Salal Winter Festival kicked off yesterday to support local products with the participation of farms and factories under the auspices of the Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Agricultural Affairs Department, and in cooperation with Hassad Food Company at Umm Salal Central Market.

The first activities of the festival began with the “Dates Exhibition,” which featured the participation of 14 farms and 3 factories. Its activities will run until November 30.

Chief of Communication and Commercial Affairs Officer at Hassad Food Rashid Al Sahuti said that the first edition of Umm Salal Winter Festival aims to support and market the local products of dates, vegetables, and fruits, focusing on projects of productive families.

In remarks to QNA, he added that this festival is part of Hassad Food’s strategy to support food security in the State of Qatar indirectly. Al Sahuti stressed Hassad’s keenness to develop the festival in the coming years in terms of increasing the duration of the festival and the diversity of products displayed.

In turn, General Manager of Aswaq Company Mohammed Ghanem Al Kubaisi emphasized that this first festival comes within a series of festivals dedicated to supporting local products in cooperation with the Ministry of Municipality, as it began today with the Dates Festival and will continue to include honey, strawberry, flower, and other products in support of the local product according to Aswaq’s strategy.