Abu Dhabi: The Khalifa International Date Palm Award will participate in the 11th edition of the Liwa Date Festival, scheduled to be held from July 22-30 in Liwa, Western Region.
Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, will be the patron of the event that will be organised by the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee, Abu Dhabi.
The award aims to publicise date palm culture at local, regional and international levels and support and encourage innovations related to the date palm industry that will also compete in its four categories.
The award’s pavilion will include a number of publications documenting eight years of achievements, thanks to the special attention given by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow up of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The award is also supervised by Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development and Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees.
Dr Abdul Wahab Zayed, Secretary-General of the Award, noted that the annual organisation of the festival comes in line with the award’s strategy to enhance its presence in all international events related to the date palm.
