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UAE opens nominations for 17th Khalifa International award for Date Palm Innovation

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June 06, 2024

The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation announced the opening of nominations for its 17th session (2025), from June 4, 2024, to December 15, 2024, allowing date palm growers, producers, researchers, academics, and date palm tree lovers, from around the world to apply.

UAE opens nominations for 17th Khalifa International award for Date Palm Innovation

The award is held under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak AI Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Award.

This announcement was made during a press conference held by the Award's General Secretariat today at the Emirates Palace Hotel, in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Dr Abdelouahhab Zaid, Secretary-General of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, and Dr Helal Humaid Saed AI Kaabi, member of the Award's Board of Trustees.

Dr A Zaid stressed that the Award contributed significantly to the increase in the number of participants from the UAE in the various categories of the Award, over seventeen years.

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