The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation is organizing the Third International Festival of Jordanian Dates in Amman 2020, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (MOA), the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, and the Jordan Dates Association (JODA), the Third International Festival of Jordanian Dates in Amman during the period 21-23 November November 2021, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), and the Arab Center For the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD), the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (ARININA), the International Date Palm Network (DPGN), and the Emirates Palm Friends Society (DPFS), within the framework of cooperation between the two brotherly countries for this purpose.

After a series of festivals specialized in dates, the award began in the Republic of Egypt Arabic (the first festival of Egyptian dates in Siwa in October 2015, the second festival of Egyptian dates in Siwa in November 2016, the third festival of Egyptian dates in Siwa in November 2017, and the fourth festival of Egyptian dates in Siwa in November 2018) and then in the Republic of Sudan organized by (the first international festival of Sudanese dates in Khartoum in December 2017, the second international festival of Sudanese dates in Khartoum in October 2018, and the third international festival of Sudanese dates in November 2019), and these festivals have achieved tangible successes that contributed to the development of the infrastructure of the date palm sector at the local level, and enhanced the reputation of Arabic dates and their definition at the regional and international levels, and the festivals of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation have become a milestone and a platform for regional and international coordination and cooperation for the development of date palm and its products, as the first international festival of Jordanian dates in Amman was 21-23 October October 2018 and the second international festival of Jordanian dates 16-18 October October 2019 In the Jordanian capital, Oman complement the activities of the award with a focus on the specificity of the Jordan, its excellence and specialization in the production of "Medjol" dates.