The 17 (SDGs) Goals adopted by UN member countries, in 2015, are considered as a roadmap and a global commitment. As it is a global plan to achieve the sustainable development goals, and which includes all sectors, and consists of 17 global goals, 169 targets, indicators, and means of implementation.
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, seeked since its establishment in 2007, to have a consistent vision, goal, and message with the development goals (2000-2015) and with the sustainability development goals (2015-2030), where the Award succeeded in developing the date palm cultivation, and agricultural innovation sectors’ infrastructure at the national, and international levels.
Presenting the vision, mission, and objectives of Khalifa International Award, reflects the wide compatibility with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Where the Award’s vision comes to support and develop the date palm cultivation, and agricultural innovation sectors’, in order to achieve the sustainable development, 2030, while the Award’s message is to honor the distinguished efforts made to develop the agricultural sector aiming for sustainable development for us and the future generations, and to establish national, regional and international cooperation between concerned organizations in the fields of date palm cultivation, and agricultural innovation , and also spreading the date palm cultivation knowledge among various target groups regionally and internationally.
While the Award’s main objective comes to highlight to the world the great interest of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, "May God protect him", in date palm cultivation and agricultural innovation, and His Highness’ generous initiatives in organizing activities to support research in this field, and to embrace the UAE’s leading role in supporting creativity and innovation in the agricultural field in general, and date palm cultivation in particular. The Award also pays great attention to environmental protection, fighting poverty, and increasing green areas, to achieve sustainable development. In addition to supporting scientific research, encouraging and appreciating professionals working to develop the date palm and agricultural sectors, in the UAE and worldwide. The Award is also benefiting from various previous experiences to improve the agricultural and date palm sectors in accordance with the best international practices.
This confirms that the Award’s vision, mission, and objectives had great benefit globally, and efficient implementation, where the Award’s General Secretariat has wisely used its great relationship with expertise and international organizations, to serve and develop the date palm sector regionally and internationally, in coordination with local partners in each country, to promote the growth of this sector and specialists working in it, create new employment opportunities, economic growth and better quality of life, within the criteria of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG17).
Following the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and the continuous follow-up of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, all the national efforts were guided to support and develop the date palm cultivation sector, by launching a set of initiatives and development projects, aiming to enhance food security and achieve sustainable development, that could be briefly presented as follows:
Organizing date festivals in date producing areas, in the Arab countries, is mainly based on the Award’s vision, which considers the improvement of job opportunities and living standards of date producing families. Where to achieve this vision, the Award’s General Secretariat coordinates with the concerned ministries and investors in the date-producing countries, to develop the date palm cultivation infrastructure, and improve living areas of date producing families, through establishing multiple development projects, such as refrigerated date stores, and guiding farmers on how to produce organic dates according to internationally recognized standards, without undermining natural resources, which contributes to expanding the scope of communication, and the availability of Arab dates in the global markets. As a result, the Award gained a significant role in achieving the sustainable development goals 1 - The Eradication of poverty, and the sustainable development goal 2 - The Eradication of hunger.
The Award’s general secretariat worked for several years to host date palm farmers from various date producing countries, within the date festivals and exhibitions it organized in several Arab countries, with the aim of providing an opportunity for small farmers and date producers in the Arab region to participate in festivals and date exhibitions in order to exchange experiences between farmers from date-producing and processing countries, and to provide the opportunity to export Arab dates to various countries across the world, through direct communication with international date trading organizations, hosted by the Award in Each exhibition, and this, in turn, has a direct result on the improvement of the Arab dates reputation internationally, and thus the increase in global demand for Arab dates, which what has been highlighted in official statements by senior officials in this sector in the Arab countries.
The Award also worked to improve the quality of Arab dates to be in line with the requirements of the international markets, by supporting and rehabilitating more than 200 date palm farms in Siwa Oasis in the Arab Republic of Egypt to obtain an organic farming certificate for dates (Ecocert) accredited by the European Union, which in turn contributed to enhancing the competitiveness of Arab dates, with other international dates. This all contributed to improving the income level of the small farmers, and even eliminating hunger and poverty among the farmers and date producers in the Arab countries.
The Arab dates exhibitions and festivals held, (more than 16 festivals and exhibitions in six countries), contributed to enabling a wide commercial activity of date palm growers, producers and processors in the Arab countries, by promoting comprehensive, diversified and productive rural economies that creates decent job opportunities and increases the income. This has been implemented in Siwa Oasis in the Arab Republic of Egypt, where the International Festival of Egyptian Dates in Siwa, which took place for four consecutive years (2015-2018), and contributed to improving the lifestyle and increasing the productivity capacities. It also led to an increase in the number of date packaging factories, where this is supported by a number of performance indicators, for example, the Egyptian date exports increased during the festival’s organization period to 17%, while the amount of dates imported from outside the country decreased by about 25%. This indicates the contribution of the Award's activities and events to increasing the economic growth of the date palm cultivation sector in order to achieve sustainable development for agricultural communities. As the Award has extensive knowledge, experience, and high-level partnerships with international organizations that it relies on to support the development of value chains of the Arab dates.
The Award also contributed to promoting innovation in the agricultural sector, at both the individual and institutional levels, in support of sustainable development goals, by encouraging innovation and providing the opportunity for innovative agricultural entrepreneurs to compete for one of the Award’s categories (The Pioneering and Advanced innovations serving the Agricultural sector). Where each year, the Award receives hundreds of innovative agricultural projects, and the winner receives a trophy, an appreciation certificate, and an amount of more than 200 thousand USD. The number of participations in this category has reached more than 298 participant, from 56 countries from across the world. These innovative projects contributed to improving the quality of life, work systems and sustainable production in the agricultural sector.
The Award also contributed to creating a balance between the production and consumption systems in the date palm cultivation sector, to a more sustainable practice, through the knowledge transfer, by holding a series of workshops for the farmers, where the Award hosted more than thirty international experts in cooperation with international organizations in the field of date palm cultivation, and agricultural innovation.
The Award’s projects at the regional and international levels, had a direct positive impact on the development of the agricultural sector in general and the date palm cultivation in particular in the date producing countries, as it directly contributing to enhancing climate awareness for workers in this sector. The Award’s investment in sustainable farming methods in date-producing countries, by encouraging farmers and dedicating traditional farming patterns, contributed to better preserving of the natural resources, and increasing the ability of cultural agricultural systems to adapt to climate change. This also contributed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal13 (Climate Effects) and goal 15 (Life on Earth).
The Award’s General Secretariat, signed more than 48 memoranda of understanding, during the period from (2015-2022), with a number of concerned ministries in the date palm cultivation sector, and agricultural innovation, as well as a number of international organizations, civil society organizations, and private sector companies. This has built a framework to the partnerships with those ministries and organizations, with the aim to extend communication and cooperation, and promoting comprehensive, diversified and productive rural economies, including business areas related to the date manufacturing and trading, through the implementation of a number of initiatives and projects or organizing Conferences or festivals, where this allowed analyzing those projects and initiatives implemented by the Award in several Arab countries, in order to develop the date palm cultivation sector, and agricultural innovation in those countries, and achieving food security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG17).
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, has become one of the most important institutions concerned with supporting and developing the date palm cultivation, and agricultural innovation sectors, and working in accordance to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in cooperation with regional and international organizations, under the directives of the wise UAE’s leadership.
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat announced the opening of nominations candidature to its 16th session 2024, and nominations for the Distinguished and Innovative Farmer Award, in its 6th session, 2024, from the 1st of June 2023 up to the 15th of December 2023, allowing date palm growers, producers, researchers, academics, date palm tree lovers, from UAE, and from across the world to apply, compete, and win in one of the categories of the International Award or the Local Award, this came in a press statement made by Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Award’s Secretary General, on Thursday, 01st of June, 2023.
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Court, H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, witnessed on Tuesday, 14th of March, 2023, the Award’s Winners Honoring Ceremony...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, announced the winners’ names of the “Date Palm International Photography " competition, in its Fourteenth session, (2023), organized by the Award under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, where the results were as follows:...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, announces the winners of the "Date Palm International Poetry" competition in its 7th Session (2023), which is held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees....
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, extended his sincere appreciation to the patronage, guidance and continuous support of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Court, which contributed to...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIDPAI), has signed a Memo of Understanding with the Capital Events, part of ADNEC Group, making KIDPAI a strategic sponsor for the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition, to be held....
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat launched two initiatives as part of its participation within the official delegation,,,
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat launched two initiatives as part of its participation within the official delegation,,,
H.E. Dr. Victor Villalobos Arambola, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the United Mexican States, opened on Wednesday, 09th November, 2022 in San Luis Rio Colorado, the first International Festival of Mexican Dates...
The General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation signed an MOU with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the United States of Mexico for the organization of the First Mexico International Date Palm Festival during the period 09-13 November 2022...
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat announced opening candidature for...
The International Date Palm Electronic library, consists of more than 230 books, while the Award’s Video Library consists of more than 195 videos, Available for public access, of people interested in the field of date palm cultivation and agricultural innovation, in English, French and Arabic languages...
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat announced the opening of nominations candidature to its 15th session 2023...
ABU DHABI, 15th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, today received the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, and a delegation representing the 7th International Conference on Date Palm, headed by Dr. Abdul Wahab Zayed, the Agriculture...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, organized a special workshop to support date palm cultivation in Borno State, Republic of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, on Wednesday, 16th March, 2022, in the presence of H.E. Dr. Baba Ghana Omar Zolum, Governor of Borno State, Republic of Nigeria...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, launched the International Network for Sustainable Development of Date Palm in Near East and North Africa...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, launched...
The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIADPAI) announces the winners of the "Date Palm Poetry" competition in its 6th Session 2022, which is under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees...
The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, announced the winners’ names of “Date Palm International Photography " competition, in its thirteen session, 2022...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayn, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, expressed his appreciation for the high care received by the Award under the wise leadership of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, “May God protect him”, the 7th International Date Palm Conference will be held at Emirates Palace Hotel, in Abu Dhabi, from 14th -16th of March, 2022...
Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Secretary General of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, confirmed that the Award’s participation in the Food and Agricultural Industries Exhibition, in Cairo #food_africa2021, as a strategic partner of the dates pavilion in the exhibition...
H.E. Nevin Jamea, Minister of Trade and Industry, witnessed signing a cooperation protocol between the Ministry and Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, in Cairo, on the 19th of December, 2021, to organize the International Festival of Egyptian Dates in the Governorate of Aswan, 2022...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, inaugurated the full collection of the 50-booklets series initiative, in the Year of the Fiftieth, at Expo2020 premises, on the 9th of December, 2021, in celebration of the 50th United Arab Emirates National Day...
The 6th Abu Dhabi Date Palm Exhibition 2021 was launched on Tuesday 7th of December, 2021, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and organized by Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation in collaboration with Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC)...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “Promising Global Date Markets”, presented by Eng. Tamim Al Dhawi, Deputy Executive Director of the Export Council for Food Industries, affiliated to the Ministry of Trade and Industry in the Arab Republic of Egypt, on Monday 06th of December, 2021, with the attendance of 102 experts and specialists...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “The importance of germplasm health in preventing the spread of transboundary plant pests and diseases”, presented by Dr. Safa Qamari, Head of the Seed Health and Viral Diseases Laboratory, affiliated with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), on Monday 29th of November, 2021, with the attendance of 120 experts and specialists in the Date Palm cultivation sector, and representing 19 Arab countries...
As part of the UAE’s preparation to participate in the International Conference on Agricultural Systems with a Global Heritage of Humanity (GIAHS), which will be hosted by Nono City, Ishikawa, Japan, during the period from 25th–27th of November, 2021. Where Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, is participating in this conference to present Al Ain and Liwa oases, in the United Arab Emirates...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, through the UAE pavilion, launched a scientific report entitled “Bridging Boundaries”, as part of its participation in the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), under the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, taking place at Glasgow, Scotland, from the 31st of October up to the 12th of November, 2021...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretary, published the Third set of booklets (21-30), under the series “50 Booklets in the in the Year of Fiftieth”, which was which was launched by the award to celebrate the “Year of the Fiftieth”. Where the initiative aims to spread specialized scientific knowledge in compliance...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a virtual lecture on “A successful journey in the development of the date palm cultivations and production sector”, presented by Dr. Yahya Bakour, Secretary General of the Arab Agricultural Engineers Union, on Monday 25th of October, 2021, with the attendance of 110 experts and specialists representing 15 Arab countries...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a virtual lecture on “Integration of biotechnology products for date palm pest management”, presented by Dr. Mohamed Al Saeed Saleh Al Zmeiti, Pesticides Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Arab Republic of Egypt...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretary published the Second set of booklets (10 booklets), under the series “50 Booklets in the Year of Fiftieth”, which was which was launched by the award to celebrate the “Year of the Fiftieth”...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a virtual lecture on “Agricultural innovation in the service of food security”, presented by Mr. Hamed Ahmed Al Hamed, Founder of Gracia Agricultural Group, in the United Arab Emirates, on Monday 27th of September, 2021, with the attendance of 117 experts and specialists representing 18 countries. Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Award’s Secretary General...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on “Isolation and characterization of the gene responsible for date palm gender determination”, presented by Dr. Mohei Eldin Sulaiman, Biotechnology Professor, College of Agriculture, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, on Monday 13th of September, 2021, with the attendance of 94 experts and specialists representing 17 Arab countries...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “Agricultural environments, sustainable date palm production systems in the Sultanate of Oman”, presented by Dr. Rashid Al Yahyaei, Professor of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, on Monday 30th of August, 2021...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation’s General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “The role of the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Land (ACSAD), in developing date palm cultivation in the Arab countries”, presented by Dr. Nasr Eldin ALObaid, Director General, ACSAD...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretary launches the first batch of the “50 Booklets series” initiative,,,
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, and the United Arab Emirates University...
The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, has recently released a new book entitled “Bio-Stimulants for sustainable agriculture in oasis ecosystem towards improving date palm tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress”, in English, authored by Dr. Abdelilah Meddich, Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Science...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “Efforts and achievements of the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “ICARDA's efforts and achievements in developing the date palm cultivation sector in the GCC”, presented by H.E. Ali Abu Sabea, ICARDA’s Director General...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “The Arab Society for Plant Protection and its role in spreading awareness on Date Palm Pest Management”, presented by Dr. Ibrahim Al Jubouri, President of the Arab Society for Plant Protection, on Monday 12th of July, 2021...
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat announced opening candidature for the “Date Palm International Photography” competition in its Thirteenth session, 2022...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture entitled “Introducing the Award’s categories criteria, and inviting the world to participate”, presented by Prof. Franz J. Hoffmann, President of the Award’s Scientific Committee, along with the committee members, Dr. Jose Lgnacio Cubero, Dr. Harrison Hughes, Dr. Yvonne Martell, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdullah, Dr. Samir Al-Shaker, and Dr. Fatima Al-Ansari, on Monday 14th of June, 2021...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “The “Sustainable Oasis” initiative, a role model for adapting to climate change”, presented by H.E. Eng. Mohamed Bachri, Director of Strategy and Cooperation at the National Agency for the Development of Oasis and Argan Regions, in the Kingdom of Morocco...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, praised the generous patronage of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “Achievements of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, in developing the Date Palm cultivation and Date Production sectors”, presented by H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al Dhukheiri, Director General, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat announced...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretary launches the “50 Booklets series in the 50th Year” initiative...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat Organized a scientific virtual lecture on the “Nutritional Benefits of Dates”, presented by Eng. Nada Zuhair AlAdeeb...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm & Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award’s Scientific Committee annual meeting was held virtually on the 24th of March, 2021...
The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation General Secretariat, announced the winners’ names of “Date Palm International Photography " competition, in its Twelfth session, 2021, organized by the Award...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat published a book on "Measuring the impact of the Award’s achievements at the local, regional and international levels", prepared by “Hail Agricultural consultancy”...
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and with the presence of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees...
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs. In the presence of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, chaired on Tuesday, 16th of March, 2021, the 14th Annual Award's Board of Trustees’ meeting
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and with the attendance of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan...
Under the directives of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat organized the third virtual scientific lecture, for the cultural season, 2021...
The General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIADPAI) announces the winners of the "Date Palm Poetry" competition in its 5th Session 2021, which is under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan...
His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation expressed his appreciation for the care the Award...
Under the directives of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat organized the virtual scientific session “The Khalifa Award Report- Bridging Boundaries” on Monday the 8th of February, 2021, presented by Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Prof. Award’s Secretary General, and Professor Harrison Hughs from the United States, in the attendance also...
The Khalifa Award, under the directives and supervision of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan has today released its report: ‘Bridging boundaries: how can bio-regional collaboration convert the date palm industry into a successful model of the bio-circular economy?’...
Under the directives of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, the Award’s General Secretariat resumed the virtual scientific lectures series, for the cultural season, 2021, after the great success achieved...
Under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat issued a book entitled “Date Palm Diseases and Pests” by Dr. Walid Abdul-Ghani Kaakeh, Diseases and Agricultural Pests expert...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Dates, a rich source of food industry innovations”, by Eng. Emad Eissa, Postgraduate diploma in Food Production, consultant in date productions industry, on Wednesday the 23rd of December, 2020...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Date palm adaptation to climate changes and environmental challenges”, by Dr. Abdulbaset Ouda, Physiology and Date Palm Horticulture Professor, Date Palm Specialist...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Dates Quality and the requirements of the European and international market”, by Mr. Mohsen BuJabal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BuJabal Company, Former Director of Planning...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Horticultural intensification Sustainability, to meet the Arab agricultural challenges”, by Dr. Sharif ALSharbasi, International expert in Date Palm cultivation and production, Former Director of the Date Palm Central Laboratory...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Integrated management initiative to combat date palm pests (Nakhilna)”, by Eng. Hamda Mahmoud Balshawareb, Acting Head of Plant Health Department, Ministry of Climate Change...
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) has announced the opening of the Abu Dhabi Date Palm Virtual Platform tomorrow (Monday), in strategic partnership with the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting Red palm weevil: past, present and future”, by Dr. Jose Romeno Faleiro, International Advisor, on Wednesday the 11th of October, 2020. The lecture was attended by 63 participants, representing 13 countries, among which are members of the Date Palm Friends Society in the UAE, date palm farmers, and Agricultural experts.
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Dates Value Chain and International Marketing”, by Dr. Abdallah Oihabi, International Advisor, Former FAO Country Representative in KSA, on Sunday the 11th of October, 2020. The lecture was attended by (78) participants, representing (12) Arab countries, among which are members of the Date Palm Friends Society in the UAE, date palmfarmers, and Agricultural experts...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “The Jordanian Experience in Dates Production”, by Eng. Anwar Haddad, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Dates Association, on Wednesday the 7th of October, 2020...
...Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “The Obstacles Facing Date Palm Farmers and Date Producers”, by Dr. Ismail Al Hosani, Agricultural Advisor, on Wednesday the 23rd of September 2020
The Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture launched today Sunday the 20th of September 2020, in cooperation with Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, and the Jordanian Dates Association...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “The effect of agricultural operations on the production of good dates”, by Dr. Abdallah Ben Abdallah, Agricultural Advisor, FAO, on Sunday the 13th of September, 2020. The lecture was attended by...
Under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, President of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation Board of Trustees, the Award issued a poetic Booklet entitled “Date Palm Poetry”, which includes the best 40 poems...
Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation organized a virtual lecture, presenting “Maximizing the Added value of Dates”, by Dr. Amgad El-Kady, Executive Director of Food and Agro Industries Technology Center. (FAITC), Ministry of Trade and Industry...
The General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation presents you its best regards...
Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Secretary General of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation said that the “Hope Probe” that was launched on Monday morning the 20th of July 2020, is a milestone in the modern history of the United Arab Emirates, as it reflects...
...His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance, President of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, launched the First Electronic Library specializing in date palm cultivation, date production and agricultural innovation
Mr. Al-Qusayr, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt, held a meeting via video conference at noon on Monday, June 22, 2020, with Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid, Secretary General of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation in the presence of Mr. Reda Baalabeki...
His Excellency Dr. Saleh Al-Kharashi, In-Charge Minister of Agriculture, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, praised the depth of historical bilateral relations between the two countries, and the close cooperation under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and President of the Board of Trustees of the KhalifaInternational Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award's General Secretariat held aspecial remote meeting using visual communication techniques...
Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance, President of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award secretariat published three new electronic books, the first is entitled (Winners’ Book -Fourth Issue 2018-2019-2020) and a second book
The General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation announced the winners of the "Palm in the Tongues of Poets" competition in its fourth session 2020...
The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation announced the names of the winners of the International Photography Competition; "The Date Palm in the Eyes of the World" at its eleven session of 2020...
His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, President of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, expressed his appreciation for the support received from the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, has launched a new book entitled"International Efforts to Combat the Red Palm Weevil"......
The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation won the 12th Arab Award for Social Responsibility at the 12th Session of the 2019 in the category of Corporate and International Cooperation. The award was honored during a ceremony held by the Arab Network for Corporate Social Responsibility on Wednesday evening, 02 October 2019 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dubai, UAE.
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, The General Secretariat opened nomination period for Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation...
The General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIADPAI) announced Thursday that it has now opened nominations for candidates for the 12th session KIADPAI 2020 awards.
The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation announced the names of the winners of the International Photography Competition; "The Date Palm in the Eyes of the World" at its Tenth session of 2019...
We the agriculture ministers and heads of delegation of countries attending the donor ministerial meeting to support the trust fund and the regional program to combat Red Palm Weevil (RPW) convened on Saturday 9 March in Abu Dhabi:
Under the patronage of H.H Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, H.H Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, honoured, yesterday...
After that, H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance, honoured the winners of the Distinguished and Innovative Farmer Award organized by the Secretariat General of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, in cooperation with Al FOAH Company...
Under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, H.E. Mariam Bint Mohammed AL Muhairi Minister of State for Food Security on behalf of H.H Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan,...
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the UAE is set to host the Conference of Agricultural Ministers of the World’s Date Producing and Processing Countries.
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, The General Secretariat opened nomination period for Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation...
The country's hosting of the largest international date palm conference since 20 consecutive years confirms UAE's leadership in the date palm sector in the world
1021 pictures showed the great love in the eyes of 497 photographers from 26 countries around the world
Nahyan Mubarak: "The support of Khalifa bin Zayed has raised the Award’s regional and international status"