Increase of biological farms

United Arab Emirates

Tuesday 24 August 2010

The Ministry of Environment and Water inaugurated in April a sales unity of local organic products.

Number of biological farms is in constant increase.

United Arab Emirates includes at present 13 organic farms. This number will rise at 40 before June, 2011.

“Thirteen organic farms have been registered with the Ministry of Environment and Water in the first half, an increase of 25 % over the same period last year”, said Mansour Al Mansouri, director of Agricultural Development At the Ministry.

'We will commence work in next September to transform 23 conventional farms into organic orchards by June 2011, he added.

According to Al Mansouri, the Ministry is intending to regulate marketing of locally produced or imported organic products in partnership with the private sector.

Source ; trade Arabia , gulf news.