MANGOES GROWN IN QATAR DESERT

Mango, often referred to as the ‘queen of fruits’, is being cultivated successfully in the desert, thanks to the efforts of an industrial city in Qatar and India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

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June 20, 2022

Mango, often referred to as the ‘queen of fruits’, is being cultivated successfully in the desert, thanks to the efforts of an industrial city in Qatar and India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). Around 3,000 trees in a mango orchard developed in the Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), 80 km northeast of the Qatari capital of Doha, have started bearing mature-green, ready-to-pluck fruits. The trees were planted across a four-acre plot four years ago and now the trees are around four- to five-feet high. Each tree is now laden with 10 to 20 fruits, the report said. The whole project came about following a trip to India by Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad Al- Attiyah some years back. During the course of the trip, Al-Attiyah visited RIL’s Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat and was attracted by a mango orchard there. The project was launched in 2004. As many as 10 varieties of the fruit are being grown in the orchard that is located on the northeastern corner of RLIC.