THE sweet taste of tomatoes attracted scores of shoppers to the Farmers’ Market yesterday morning as local farmers celebrated the numerous varieties they grow in the kingdom.
It was Tomato Week at the Budaiya Botanical Garden on Saturday with the Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ministry members manning a special stand in which people could taste around 15 types of tomatoes to help farmers decide which ones to focus on growing in the future.
“This is the best growing season for tomatoes and the perfect time to showcase them,” said one of the team organisers at the Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ministry, Dr Abdelmawgoud Ismael.
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