Syria seeks to revive date palm cultivation in Deir Ezzor - Arab News

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DEIR EZZOR: The Syrian Arab Republic is working to rehabilitate date palm plantations and improve production in eastern Deir Ezzor province, as farmers, researchers and agricultural organizations gathered on Sunday for the third Deir Ezzor Date Exhibition. Organized by the Agriculture Directorate in cooperation with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the event was held at the Date Palm Propagation Center in Al-Jalaa, in the Al-Bukamal countryside, under the slogan “Our Dates: A National Wealth and Rural Development.” Ahmad Jalal Ahmad, representing the agriculture minister in eastern Sy…