The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) organize the second country by country meeting related to the established research, technology and innovation date palm platform in the NENA region

Country by Country – Tunisia

23, June 2022

Venue: via Zoom Meeting

Attendees: Date Palm Stakeholders in NENA Region – 13 Experts from Tunisia

AARINENA held the second of the series of meetings of “country by country” that involved excellent discussions with a lot of date palm experts from each country of the NENA region.

This meeting was with the IRESA – Tunisia country, this meeting done according to the previous meeting of “Date Palm Expert and Key Persons in the Region” on June 6, 2022, and as agreed to hold a meeting “country by country” to discuss further collaboration and engagement in the established date palm innovation platform by AARINENA and FAO.

This involved good discussions with researchers who interested in date palm research and innovation. And we attached a flyer that outlines and explains further information on the date palm innovation platform, in addition to sharing the link for date palm innovation platform: (https://aarinena.org/palm/).

During this meeting they discussed the different important parts of the platform (registration, forums, resources, stakeholders and the projects) for the date palm network of AARINENA. Also, to have another meeting later with the date palm farmers from Tunisia.