A new festival bringing right into the spotlight Emirati practices and heritage is about to cut its inaugural bows in Liwa City, in Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Arranged by the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Board - Abu Dhabi, the first edition of Liwa Dates Auction will certainly occur this October 5 -14.
The occasion mainly looks for to promote the trading of locally produced dates, however likewise to introduce the latest innovations in sustainable agriculture related to palm tree farming and to shed light on the most praised Emirati selections of dates.
" Through the organisation of this 10 days auction, the Committee looks for to revitalize the Emirati heritage and honour the palm tree and its dates. We also hope to provide nationals and residents checking out the event with a chance to learn about palm trees and the extravagant ranges of dates in the UAE. Our objective, therefore, consists consequently the palm tree ranch and relevant markets into a strategic financial product in the country," claimed Mr. Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Preparation and Projects Director at the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee - Abu Dhabi.
" The Liwa Dates Public auction is intended to boost the financial earnings of farmers and give a valuable platform for knowledge exchange amongst proprietors of factories, firms and investment organizations in the days industry."
" The Board hopes that Liwa Dates Public auction will certainly become a yearly gathering, where the fans of days and those interested in the sector of hand trees can integrate, reveal their sights and offer their suggestions for financial investment in the date hand agriculture and associated industry," he included.
The public auction is opened up to farmers from all over the UAE, that may sell any type of selection and any quantity of days, supplying they are generated in their own ranches and are of premium quality. Auction customers might be either individuals or organisations, and they might bid on any kind of amount of dates.
Inning accordance with Mr. Mussa Sultan Al Mansouri, Director of Liwa Dates Auction, the occasion has 4 different elements, including 2 auctions - a 'conventional' one and a digital one.
" The main public auction is taken into consideration the centre of the main task of the occasion, where prospective buyers contend to get the most effective varieties of dates on display screen. The quality of days is reviewed by a specialist board upon obtaining the days from farmers at the on-site registration office. Getting involved farmers open the auction and set specific rates. Then, those happy to purchase can bid higher, providing that the Organising Board receives 5% share from the value of any secured purchase," he claimed, adding:

" Just alongside the main auction website is the on the internet public auction. Below, farmers will certainly show their produce before taking and posting pictures of their days and their coordinating recognition tags that carry details serial numbers. The pictures will likewise show a variety of various other information, including the name of the ranch owner, the dates ranges and the amount available to buy. Those going to acquire can acquire the days using their mobile phones."

From the on-line public auction too, the Organising Committee takes 5% share from the value of any secured transaction. A particularly created mobile application will certainly be given for the e-bidding to all those that sign up for the online auction.
The festival, which will certainly be hosted in a cool camping tent, will also have a dates market, where visitors may purchase fresh tamar - fully ripped dates - outside the auction.

The fourth element of Liwa Dates Public auction is the event location, where days factories and firms from the UAE and past will provide their services and latest technologies to ranch proprietors and days distribution centres. Days product packaging firms will also join them to showcase the very best conservation solutions for export, in order to boost competition in worldwide markets.

While the major public auction will only take place this and the following weekends of Liwa Dates Auction, October 5 - 7 and October 12 - 14, all various other events, including the e-auction, will take place throughout the occasion.

"The Liwa Dates Auction did not revive by coincidence, as it reflects and replies to the assumptions of the field and all those curious about growing date hands in the UAE. The auction, as a matter of fact, aims at opening up new advertising channels and providing farmers with an opportunity to make larger make money from the production of elegant dates," stressed Mr. Al Mansouri.