Ministry of Municipality produces 28,000 seedlings of palm trees
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Doha, Qatar: To improve local date production in quality and quantity, the Agricultural Research Department at the Ministry of Municipality has produc...
Doha, Qatar: To improve local date production in quality and quantity, the Agricultural Research Department at the Ministry of Municipality has produced 28,000 seedlings of high-quality palm trees using the tissue culture technique.
The Ministry offered some palm tree seedlings for sale at nominal prices to individuals and farms through its website, said a top official.
The project aims to meet the market need and farmers’ desire to provide tissue cultured palm seedlings with good genetic qualities and high productivity, and of distinctive varieties.
“We produced nearly 28,000 seedlings of palm trees of different popular verities like Khanizi, Shishi and Barhi,” said Director of the Agricultural Research Department Hamad Saket Al Shammari.
Speaking to Qatar TV recently, he said that the Department plans to produce 100,000 seedlings of palm trees to cover all farms and individuals in the country.
