The Ministry of Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (MOA) and the General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation are organizing the 6th International Festival of Jordanian Dates in Amman during the period 10-12 November 2024, in cooperation with the Jordan Dates Association (JODA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Center for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the Arab Center for Agricultural Research in Arid Areas and Dry Lands (ACSAD), the Association of Agricultural Research Centers in the Middle East and North Africa (AARINENA), the International Network for the Development of Date Palm Cultivation and Date Production in the Middle East and North Africa (IDPGN), the Emirates Palm Friends Society (DPFS), and the International Network for the Unknown (MIN).
The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation works within its strategic objectives to develop the date palm sector and agricultural innovation at the local and international levels by launching and adopting a number of activities, events and competitions to stimulate all parties of the value chain in the date palm and date palm sector and encourage them to create, innovate, research and excel and spread the spirit of fair competition among them. To advance this sector economically, socially and artistically to a level befitting this intangible cultural and human heritage of the palm tree.
Within this vision and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (MOA) and the General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, to organize the Sixth International Festival of Jordanian Dates in Amman during the period 10-12 November 2024, in cooperation with the Jordan Dates Association (JODA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Center for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the Arab Center for Agricultural Research in Arid Areas and Dry Lands (ACSAD), the Association of Agricultural Research Centers in the Middle East and North Africa (AARINENA), the International Network for the Development of Date Palm Cultivation and Date Production in the Middle East and North Africa (IDPGN), the Palm Tree Friends Society in the Emirates (DPFS), and the International Network for the Unknown (MIN).. which includes among its activities the launch of a competition for Jordanian dates to encourage farmers to produce the finest types of Jordanian dates, noting that participation is open to all parties in the value chain of dates at the level of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This is within the framework of cooperation between the two brotherly countries for this purpose.
Amman 10-12 November 2024
Intercontinental Hotel
Empowering palm growers and Jordanian date manufacturers and raising their competitiveness at the international level.
