MME official affirms efforts to enhance value of local product 13 Mar 2021 - 17:26 QNA Doha: Assistant Director of the Agricultural Affairs Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) Adel Al Kaldi Al Yafei affirmed the Ministry's role in supporting the prices of local vegetables and its continuous work to enhance the value of the local product and improve marketing methods for farm owners, through a package of proposed programmes and initiatives. In press statements, the Assistant Director of the Agricultural Affairs Department said that the Ministry had launched many marketing initiatives that farms can benefit from, such as opening direct marketing outlets like the five Qatari agricultural product yards in various parts of the country, which had been operating since 2012 at Al Mazroua, Al Khor and Al Thakhira, Al Wakra, Al Shamal and Al Shahaniya, with the aim of providing farmers with an opportunity to sell their products directly to consumers without an intermediary or commission. This has contributed to improving the marketing method, reducing vegetable losses, improving production quality and selling prices of products.