Liwa – Al Dhafra, July 22 / WAM / The Liwa Date Festival, in its 18th session, witnessed strong competitions among the participants in the competition of dates of salvation within the open round and the salvation round for farms in Al Ain region, while the festival competitions will continue until July 24 in the city of Liwa in the Al Dhafra region under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, and the organization of the Abu Dhabi Cultural and Heritage Festivals and Programs Management Committee.
The Liwa Date Festival crowned the winners of the Rutab Al Khalas competition, in the presence of Issa Saif Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi, Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Director of the Festival, and Mubarak Ali Al Qasili Al Mansouri, Director of the Dates Gardens at the Festival.
The results of the Rotab Al-Khalas competition in the open round resulted in the first place for “Saif Bakhit Saif Murshid Al-Marar” from Al-Dhaweher, and “Salem Ali Murshid Khamis Al-Marar” from Al-Dhaweher, in the third place, “Usha Abdullah Khamis Al-Marar” from Seih Al-Khair, and in the third place. The fourth place was “Obeid Saeed Nassib Khamis Al Mazrouei” from Al Duhaij, and in the fifth place was “The Heirs of Issa Saif Faris Saeed Al Mazrouei” from Al Duhaij.
In the salvation run for Al-Ain farms, the first place was won by “Ali Saeed Hamouda Khamis Al-Ariani” from Al-Wagan, the second place by “Bani Ali Miftah Al-Shamsi” from Al-Arad, the third place by “Mubarak Muhammad Muftah Al-Shamsi” from Al-Dhahirah, and the fourth by “Saeed Rashid”. Ali Moftah Al Shamsi” from Al Wagan, and “Sultan Saeed Muhammad Sultan Al-Ariani” from Al-Awiya is in fifth place.
The Organizing Committee of the Liwa Dates Festival has allocated 25 prizes for rotting al-Khalas (the open half) with a total value of 446 thousand dirhams, and 25 prizes for rotting al-Khalas for farms in the Al Ain region, with a total value of 446,000 dirhams.
A number of officials visited the Liwa Date Festival in its 18th session, in the city of Liwa in the Al Dhafra region, and reviewed a number of participations in the dates’ competitions. It is carried out according to precautionary and preventive measures, and the arbitration process that follows, leading to the announcement of the names of the winners of the first places.
They also visited the various pavilions and corners set up at the festival site, as well as the pavilion of the Festivals Management Committee, and the Cultural and Heritage Programs, which organizes the festival, and were briefed on the programs and festivals it offers throughout the year. They were accompanied on the tours by Issa Saif Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of the Cultural and Heritage Festivals and Programs Management Committee, and Obaid Khalfan. Al Mazrouei, Festival Director, and Abdullah Butti Al Qubaisi, Director of Events and Communications Department of the Committee.
A delegation from the Center for Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi visited the festival, led by Dr. Abdullah Rashid Al Dhaheri, Executive Director of the Response and Recovery Sector at the Centre, accompanied by Dr. Saeed Salem Al Ketbi, Acting Director of the Department of Scientific Studies and Research, and Mr. Faisal Sarhan Al Kaabi, Acting Director of the Training and Exercise Department.
The festival was also visited by Dr. Salem Al Kaabi, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management “Tadweer”, Acting Director-General of Operations at the Department of Municipalities and Transport, accompanied by Abdullah Al Marzouqi, Director-General of the Integrated Transport Center in Abu Dhabi and a number of officials.
From the Department of Government Support in Abu Dhabi, the festival was visited by His Excellency Fahad Salem Ahmed Al Kiyumi, Undersecretary of the Department, accompanied by Muhammad Musallam Nasser Al Junaibi, Acting Executive Director of the Government Procurement Office.
The festival was also visited by His Excellency Abdullah Majid Al Ali, Acting Director General of the National Archives and Library, and His Excellency Suhaila Ghobash, Director of Events Department at the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment.
And from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Ahmed Bin Thalith, CEO of ADNOC World Trade, and a number of company officials visited the festival.
His Excellency Dr. Salem Khalfan Al Kaabi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Center for Waste Management (Tadweer), said that the center’s participation in the Liwa Date Festival comes from its pivotal role as a governmental entity responsible for waste management in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, through which it aspires to make a positive change in society. around us, maintaining a balance between culture and environmental heritage, and instilling a culture of social responsibility, by enhancing public awareness of the culture of proper waste handling, encouraging them to adopt sound and sustainable environmental practices, and providing all forms of support to preserve the aesthetic and civilized landscape of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in line with the plan of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi on maintaining public cleanliness and achieving a balance between environmental heritage and urban development.
He added that the Liwa Date Festival has succeeded, since its launch, in establishing its position as one of the most important events aimed at reviving heritage and celebrating the ancient Emirati customs and traditions. The center will provide before, during and following the festival a number of supervisors, workers, mechanisms, and all hygiene requirements to ensure the cleanliness of the festival.. The center will also highlight its efforts to enhance the levels of quality of life in Abu Dhabi and provide a healthy and sustainable future for future generations, in addition to providing services for collection and transportation of waste and control. Public health pests to ensure that the highest standards of hygiene are applied.
His Excellency Mubarak Hadli Al Mansouri, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Agthia Group, confirmed that Agthia Group is participating this year in the Liwa Date Festival through the distinguished Al Foah Pavilion, which displays luxury date products, and our participation stems from our keenness to serve palm farmers as the main partner for the development of the palm and dates sector. In the country, they have a vital role in the food security system, and we encourage them to improve the quality and sustainability of dates in a way that supports economic growth.
He added that the festival constitutes an important forum for all those interested and specialists in dates and palms, because of the lofty status and great benefits that palm trees bear, as farmers compete to offer all that is new, distinctive and of high quality of dates. It is of great importance, as it is an integral part of the vital agricultural sector in the country, and it is a cultural heritage that we are proud of.
Al Mansouri indicated that Al Foah is currently preparing for the dates marketing season, which will start soon and extend from August 6 to October 27, during which dates will be received for more than 17,000 farmers from all over the country. “Virtual” for farmers entitled “Alternative markets for selling and trading dates through physical and electronic auctions – eZad platform”, and this comes as part of the joint efforts between the two parties to introduce farmers to alternative marketing channels for selling dates.
It is worth noting that alternative markets have recently been announced as additional channels for selling dates that are in excess of the subsidized production ceiling, in order to help farmers and date producers enter local and international markets and sell their production at attractive prices. Al-Khair, in addition to electronic auctions through the “ezad” platform as an innovative marketing channel that gives farmers the opportunity to complete the wholesale buying and selling of dates with ease and ease.
The program for buying luxury dates from date producers in private farms, homes and public institutions was also launched without the requirement that they be registered farmers in the dates marketing season, with the aim of providing a marketing channel for this category of producers, and diversifying high-quality local dates sources, which contributes to improving the quality of dates. Emirati dates and enhancing their competitiveness at the local and international levels.
