Abu Dhabi / WAM
Under the directives of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, the Award’s General Secretariat issued a book entitled “Date Palm Diseases and Pests” by Dr Walid Abdul-Ghani Kaakeh, Diseases and
Agricultural Pests expert.
The book is one among a series of the award’s scientific publications, through which the General Secretariat was keen to achieve the award’s objectives for which it was established, and its role to support the scientific research and disseminate specialised scientific information, as the award became one of the main sources of information in the field of date palm cultivation, date production and agricultural innovation.
, and benefiting from various experiences to improve the agricultural and date palm sector according to International best practices.