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Report by National US Arab Chamber of Commerce on the UAE. Vol XV, No 3, June 2007. Includes analysis of UAE economy. |
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THE ECONOMY - DATE PALM
![]() Large dates a matter of pruning for island farmers
Posted on 21/08/2008
Mezirah - A giant date, possibly a world record, was put on show at the Liwa Festival. With the correct fertiliser, pruning and watering it is possible to produce dates that are up to 7cm in size, Abdul Hafeez Mousa, an engineer and head of the Agriculture Department on Zirku Island, told Gulf News.
He said using simple methods such as organic fertiliser and by reducing the number of fruit branches on a tree, it is possible to cultivate large dates. Mousa showed samples of the Ambara date at
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 Superior dates grown in a lab
Posted on 06/08/2008
Mezirah - Laboratory palm shoots produce high quality dates, said a specialist in agriculture. A large amount of laboratory research has been done to improve date production, said Eman Hussain, from Date Palm Development Unit Palm Tissue Culture Laboratory at UAE University.
The traditional method of planting palm trees is to plant seedlings produced from buds, which grow in the axilla of the fronds during the first two years of the palm tree. It needs five to seven years to start yielding
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 A million dates on plate to set a world record
Posted on 27/07/2008
This is one date that one would be proud of and one platter worth savouring! And certainly a juicy affair waiting to enter the prestigious Guinness World Records. The fourth Liwa Dates Festival in Al Gharbia is set to culminate in a record-breaking event next week with more than a million pieces of dates on a giant platter to become the world's largest dates dish. Ahmed Abdullah Al Dhaheri, member of the Liwa Festival Organising Committee, said the giant plate made of iron would be of the
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 Freej icons to visit Liwa date fair
Posted on 25/07/2008
Life-size characters of the UAE animation sensation Freej will make an appearance at the 4th Annual Liwa Date Festival on July 29, according to a top official in Al Gharbia Municipality.
In a statement issued yesterday, the General Manager of Al Gharbia Municipality, Hamoud Humaid Al Mansouri, said the Freej characters would add to the fun by performing live and posing with visitors for photographs.
He said that the festival showcases the bedouin culture and heritage and traditional
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 Cabinet issues decision to regulate import of palm trees
Posted on 10/07/2008
Cabinet issues decision to regulate import of palm trees
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai issued a decision yesterday, regulating import of palm trees to the UAE. Article 1 of the decision empowers the Minister of Environment and Water to ban import of palm trees or plants from any country where cases of red palm weevil or any palm diseases are registered. The ban can only be lifted by the minister if such diseases have ceased to
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![]() Khalifa International Award for Date Palm endorsed
Posted on 13/04/2008
Board of trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm, has endorsed the basic system of the award. Entries for the award will open from June 1 to Sept. 30, after which the entries meeting the conditions will be sorted out.
HH Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, confirmed the endorsement after chairing the board meeting yesterday at Emirates Palace. He endorsed the third categories of the award as follows: researches
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 Khalifa Int'l Award for Date Palm announced
Posted on 08/04/2008
The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm" was announced yesterday to be the biggest and the first award of its kind in the Arab region. The said award is aimed at developing agricultural and scientific research and studies on date palm. It also aims to stress the significance of the date palm tree in people's lives.
The announcement was made yesterday by UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. Sheikh Nahyan said that Sheikh Khalifa
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 UAE to compile date palm encyclopaedia
Posted on 08/04/2008
The UAE will compile an integrated, illustrated encyclopaedia on date palm as one of the signature symbol of the UAE national identity and culture.
The gigantic research project, instructed by HH Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, Chairman of Higher Corporation for Specialised Economic Zones (ZonesCorp), was unveiled by Dr. Fatima Al Muhairi from Sheikh Hamed's Office during the launch of the Khalifa International Date Palm Award on yesterday at the
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![]() UAE to launch Khalifa International Date Palm Award
Posted on 07/04/2008
The UAE will announce today a prestigious world award on date palm at a glittering gala at the Emirates Palace. H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, will launch the Khalifa International Date Palm Award in the presence of Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director General of Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (AOAD) Dr Salim Al Lousi, and an elite of prominent date palm
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 Farmers mark festival with feast of dates
Posted on 30/07/2007
Liwa - People wait for this time of the year to celebrate a member of their family - the date palm. The third festival of dates "Mezayna" ended on Saturday in Liwa, with winners being awarded for the best dates. Mezayna competition was held between two farmers as a tradition to celebrate the date season. Mezayna means beautiful in Arabic.
The festival is held yearly under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs. Rakan Al Qubaisi, head of the
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 Mohammed bin Zayed tours date exhibition offers Dh3m to winners of date contest
Posted on 29/07/2007
Liwa - General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces yesterday visited an exhibition of the date produce, held on the sidelines of the ongoing date festival in Liwa. Sheikh Mohammed, who was accompanied by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, toured the exhibition and was briefed on its contents by Rakan Maktoum Al Qubaisi, Chairman of the festival's organising committee. Several public and private
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 Third festival for dates will crown best produce
Posted on 27/07/2007
The third festival for dates, 'Mezayna' will end tomorrow by choosing the best produce from the farmers.
The festival is held yearly under the sponsorship of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs. A number of events are held during the festival such as exhibition of products, workshops, lectures and documentary films on ways to grow date palms.
A competition on the last day will choose the best produce.
The competition is divided into nine groups, according to
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![]() Al Foah date farm the biggest of its kind in the world
Posted on 11/07/2007
Karim Muhyi Al Deen,CEO of Alfoah company told that the company , since its inception, had adopted the idea of organic agriculture by transforming Al Foah farm from the traditional farming system to a system that adopts organic agriculture starting from May 2005. Karim received Mohammed AL Hadi Al Kohouli, from ECOCERT, the organization authorized to certify organic farms in accordance with European and American standards .
By gaining this certificate, Al Foah farm has become the biggest date
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 Date Palm Festival next month
Posted on 28/06/2007
The third date palm festival will be held from July 22 to 28 at Liwa under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, organisers announced yesterday. Rakan Al Qubaisi, Chairman of the Organising Committee, told reporters yesterday that the week-long agricultural event aims at stimulating dates farmers to improve the diversity and quality of varieties to sharpen the UAE's competitive edge at regional and international markets.
'The event will be held
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![]() Nahyan hails presidential decree to set up date palm prize
Posted on 08/04/2007
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research has hailed the presidential decree to establish an international prize for dare palm.
In remarks here Saturday, Sheikh Nahyan extended thanks to President H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for establishing the Khalifa International Prize for Date Palm. This prize, he said, underscores Sheikh Khalifa's keenness to promote scientific research.
Sheikh Nahyan, said the prize which was conceived
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