Officials and farmers during an awareness programme about artificial liquid pollination of date palm.
Agricultural Research Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment organised an awareness programme about artificial liquid pollination of date palm.
A number of farmers and agricultural experts participated in the one-day event, which was held at the Agricultural Research Station.
“The Ministry is keen to help farmers by sharing knowledge about this new technique. Farmers get to know about the latest developments in this field so that they can increase production and reduce cost and efforts,” Hassan Ibrahim Al Asmakh, an official at the ministry said.
“This programme is one of the important projects focusing on increasing palm tree production in GCC in collaboration with International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas,” he added.
A number of field experiments were conducted by researchers before organising the awareness day. This technology will reduce cost for farmers and increase production, while developing good quality dates.
