The late Sheikh Zayed's genius in agriculture lies in challenging the impossible, this provides a leading example to follow and believe that there is no obstacle to achieving all our dreams for a better future.
We express today our deep gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al
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Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
It draws its vision from the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and the support of H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and the keen pursuit of H.H.
Our Word…
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the interest of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Date Palm Award.
Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid General Secretary
We believe that what the General Secretariat of the Prize has actually achieved in the last year is a record full of unrestrained giving and humble achievements, especially when we look at the clear vision of the Prize and the magnitude of the grand and planned ambitions designed for excellence. and differentiation. This is a clear demonstration of the international reach of the award worldwide and the interest of experts and lovers of blessed trees to participate in its various categories, which reinforces the UAE's leading role in promoting and supporting the date palm sector and date processing and production worldwide.
Contents
Chapter One: Decree
Chapter Two: Reports
Chapter Three: Achievements
75 Chapter Four: Harvest
Chapter One
Decree
E. Advisor Zuhair Abul-Adeeb Agricultural advisor of His Highness the
Committee
Chapter Two
Reports
Nahayan confirms the intention of the Award to enhance the international position of the
General HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and companion of H.H.
The Technical Report of the Works of the General Secretariat of
Khalia International Date Palm Award
The Fourth Session from 16/3/2011 to 12/3/2012
The General Secretariat has minted a silver specimen (AED 50) with the award logo and a photo of HH. 04/03/2012: The General Secretariat of the Award participated in the celebration of the 32nd Forest Week in the UAE under the logo.
The Fourth Session Launch
Khalifa International Date Palm Award Opens Candidacy for its 4th Session 2012
Abdelouahhab Zaid: The qualitative increase in the number of participants increases the role of the price among. General H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the care of H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, all contributed to strengthening the role of the UAE in the field of sustainable development of the palm sector at the regional and international level. Helal Humaid Saeed Al Kaaabi, member of the Board of Directors of the Awards, Chairman of the Administrative and Financial Committee, has mentioned that in light of the success achieved by the Khalifa International Date Palm Award during the last three sessions, it is ours.
General H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the pursuit of H.H.
Nahayan Mabarak offers winners and participants 10000 tissue palm seedlings
He also appreciated the care of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, President of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Considering the agricultural sector in general and the growth of palm trees in particular, since agricultural policy occupies an important place in It is worth mentioning the support of H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and his special care in the reality and future of the blessed tree at all levels and in all occasions, especially the Khalifa Date Palm Award .
The Turnout of Palm Tree Lovers and Date
Producers to Participate in the Award Categories
Nahayam Mabarak: We are trying to expand the scope of spreading the award throughout the UAE.
Nahayam Mabarak: We try to extend the scope of the spread of the Award all over the UAE
Nahayan Mabarak : The UAE is pioneering in taking care of the blessed tree
Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and his patronage of the International Festival and Exhibition, enabling both to be international events in the fiduciary sense of the word. The opening was attended by HE Saqer Qbasseh, Minister of Labour, Rashid Bin Ahmed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, Ali Salem Al Kabbai. Deputy Chairman of the Family Development Foundation, Major General Obaid AL Hairi Al Ketbi Heirri Al, Deputy Commander of the Abu Dhabi Police, Rashid Al Shuraiqi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, Ali Saed Bin Hermal Al Dahari, the Delegate Member at Abu Dhabi Co.
Abdulwahab Zaid, Secretary General of the Khalifa International Date Palm Award and many officials from the UAE and beyond.
Khalifa` Award participates in the Cultural Convoy in Fujairah
Khalifa` Award participates in the Cultural Convoy in Fujairah
His Majesty King of Morocco visits the UAE pavilion at the International
Date Palm Forum 2011
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAEU Chancellor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Khalifa International Date Palm Award to expand the scope of work of the award worldwide, esp.
Khalifa International Date Palm Award Wins the Certificate of Merit
Khalifa Award Participates in the Date Palm Symposium in Algeria
Khalifa Award Exhibits its Efforts in the 7th international Conference of the
Scientific Journalists in Qatar
The Annual Book to document the achievements of the Award in its Third Session 2011
The Blessed Tree” 3 Sets the Foundation for Specialized Scientific Information in
Emirates Symposium in Algeria
Knowledge Yields
Arish: Palm-Leaf Architecture
A production of Kuwait Establishment for Scientific Advancement in collaboration with Khalifa International Date Palm Award.
Date Palm Tree Epidemic is a
Documentary Film about Insect Pests and Palm Date Tree Diseases
At the invitation of the Khalifa International Date Palm Award as part of the visiting journalists program.
Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan welcomes Arab Media Delegations
Zaid, the Award Secretary General of Khalifa International Date Palm Award who made a brief presentation about the Award and the important activities during the last five years at the local, regional and international level. The tour also included a visit to Date Palm Research and Development Program (Date Palm Tissue Culture Laboratory (DPTCL)) affiliated to UAE University where they were briefed on the key services and products provided to national farmers. In addition did they have an idea about the technical mechanism to produce date palm tissues using the latest technology in this regard as it meets the increasing growth in the cultivation of a large number of date palm trees of the best type in the UAE.
The international press program comes in the context of the great interest of the General Secretariat of the Khalifa International Date Palm Award for constant communication with the media in different countries in order to preserve and reflect the importance of the events organized throughout the year and to promote the award with different categories.
Khalifa Internatnal Date Palm Award The Central Bank Issues a Memorial Specie
King of Morocco hails the UAE efforts under Khalifa`s Leadership
Khalifa International Date Palm Award
Award achieved in its fourth session thanks to the trust and directives of Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Date Palm Award," Dr. Based on the report of the Scientific Committee and arbitration of entries for the five award categories and the approval of Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak, the results are as follows:.
Distinguished Personality
Best Development Project
Best New Technique
Distinguished Producer
Distinguished Research and study
The Award in numbers
Arrivals from Arab countries have increased by 30%, while from the rest of the world it has reached 46%. It is the first scientific book in this field, which is considered as a component of date palm, documenting its use in the construction of heritage houses in pre-oil. Presented a paper at the International Palm Research Conference in the capital Algeria, November 2011, as part of the Price Awareness Campaign in Arab countries.
Release of the third volume, which includes four issues of Blessed Tree magazine, the first scientific magazine specialized in Palm in the Arab countries.
Statistics : 2009-2010-2011-2012
Participating countries Participants Outstanding Figure The Best Development Project The Best New Technique Outstanding Producer Outstanding Research and Study.
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Chapter Three
Achievements
Nahayan Mabarak patronizes the opening of the exhibition of the distinguished and winning work competition "Date Palm through the eyes of the world".
The Lens documents Man’s Memory with the Blessed Tree
Abdelouahhab Zaid, the Secretary General of the Prize, confirmed after the opening ceremony that this competition receives the special care, attention and appreciation of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa International Date Palm Award for the role of the lens in documenting man's memory of the blessed tree in all countries of the world. The Secretary General expressed his happiness in the unlimited love and high appreciation he saw in the eyes of palm photographers around the world, in addition to the large number of participants in the second version of the competition.
Abdelouahhab Zaid The Director General of the Prize extended his thanks and appreciation to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development for its support and care of the exhibition by making the National Theater available to display the distinguished and winning works in the competition.
Chapter Four
Harvest
Nahayan Mabarak honors winners of Khalifa International Date Palm Award
He added that “we are proud that H.H.'s care for the UAE has always been a pioneering example of successful work and excellence in all areas.” In the category of distinguished research and studies, the first winner was the International Center for Agricultural Research of the Dried Lands. Our celebration today is an occasion where we hope to be able to live up to the expectations of H.H.
In fact, we are reaping what has been grown by the founder of the state, H.H.
Honored Persons
Fahd Abdul Rahman Balghunaim
E. Sheikh
Salem Bin Helal Bin Ali Al Khalili
Mohammad Ibrahim Obeid Allah
Abdullah Rashed Al Shamsi
Winners
The distinctive type of dates is the foundation of the farm's success and the effective marketing of its products. He brought the palm seedlings from their source after he was sure of the species name. He also examined the right time for picking and gathering the fruits, handling the fruits after harvesting and the validity of each type up to the year.
As a result of these practical and technical efforts to grow different types of date palm trees under the environmental conditions of the UAE, Dr Fassi obtained types of dates of different physical and chemical characteristics (in size, weight, color, taste, flavor and their ability to withstand the conditions of storage and marketing) which has become a source for propagation of seedlings at some agricultural laboratories to grow local and international tissues and for those who are willing to grow these high quality types that have great economic feasibility.
Farmer Services Center
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority
Al Ain Municipality
Date screening (sorting) machine via camera and computer aims to speed up and improve the competence of the operations of date screening in adaptation and canning factories in the state of Biskra located in the south-west of Alegria, where the districts are known for the quality and intensity. of date production especially the renowned kind worldwide (Daglat Noor. The technology of the work achieved is a date sorting machine which depends on a camera and a computer where the computer could distinguish the visible qualities of all kinds of dates such as color, size and pimples This technology has been programmed and used in one of the region's factories and gave good results.
Additionally, news of the work was published in the International Journal of Computers and Software (IRECOS) in Italy.
Ministry of Environment
Mansour Ali Salaman Al Mazzroui
Hamad Ali Salaman Al Mazzroui
The International Center for Agricultural Research in
