Best Homegrown Produce Competition 2024

Dubai Municipality announced the 'Dubai's Best Homegrown Produce Competition' to involve all members of society and to encourage citizens and residents to exploit all available spaces to cultivate fruits and vegetable crops to achieve self-sufficiency, increase income, and elevate the quality of life in the UAE community.

The competition also promotes local agriculture for increased local production and enhanced food security in the Emirate of Dubai. However, Best Homegrown Produce Competition is only for the residential areas in Dubai and not permitted for those in apartments.

The prize money will amount to Dh100,000, which will be awarded to the first three centres divided into Dh50,000 for the first winner, Dh30,000 for the second, and Dh20,000 for the third. In addition, a medal of Dubai's Best Homegrown Produce, will be placed by Dubai Municipal Leaders at the front of the winning garden. The winners of the competition will be announced in May 2024.

How to participate

The Municipality gave a one-month period to register for this competition through the following link: https://dm.gov.ae. Aspiring participants can fill out the form, which requires the owner's personal data, place number, location of the area planted (courtyard or rooftop), details of cultivated items, irrigation methods, and a picture of the garden.

All kinds of owners (property or lease) with home gardens are eligible to participate in the competition, while the owners of farmlands, members of the Supreme or Technical Committee, or other subcommittees are not entitled to take part in it.