The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation works within its strategic objectives to develop the date palm sector and agricultural innovation at the local and international levels by launching and adopting a number of activities, events and competitions to encourage farmers, researchers and those interested in the agricultural sector and date palm and motivate them to be creative, innovative and distinguished and spread the spirit of fair competition to advance this sector.

Within this promising vision comes the award initiative of 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 2021, in cooperation with the Organization Food and Agriculture (FAO), the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Arab Center for Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD), the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (ARENA) and the International Nakheel Network Dates (DPGN), and the Palm Friends Society in the Emirates (DPFS).Among its activities, it includes launching a competition for Jordanian dates to motivate and honor farmers with the finest types of Jordanian dates produced in the various regions of Jordan, noting that participation is open to all date farmers, producers and manufacturers throughout the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.