The launch of the Fifth Dates Festival in Al-Baha

Al Baha 17 Muharram 1444 AH corresponding to August 15, 2022 AD
Yesterday, the Governor of Al-Aqiq, Salem bin Masir bin Tawala, witnessed the launch of the fifth festival of dates in Al-Aqiq Governorate, in the good name garden in the governorate.
The Director-General of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture branch in Al-Baha region, Eng. Fahd bin Miftah Al-Zahrani, explained that agricultural festivals are one of the means of agricultural marketing that the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has adopted as part of its support programs to market farmers’ products, through which the most important local products are introduced and a new customer base for farms is gained. By receiving visitors from tourists and vacationers at the festival.

He pointed out that the ministry’s branch organizes educational workshops for farmers to guide them to the proper methods of irrigation and agriculture, and the mechanism of using modern agricultural techniques in dealing with crops, which ensures production efficiency and product quality.

The branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture participates in several pillars known as the support programs provided by the Ministry, such as the Reef Program, which provides non-refundable material support to 8 agricultural sectors and also supports value-added from manufacturing industries, and a corner to introduce the organic agriculture program, which aims to find farms with natural production free from Pesticides and chemical fertilizers, which is reflected on the nutritional value of the products, so that they become safer, health and environmentally, noting that the Fifth Dates Festival is one of the most important agricultural festivals held in Al-Baha region, as it is linked to a product of comparative advantage to the region and a nutritional and historical value that extends back thousands of years. The most important basic foods for humans since ancient times.