Today, His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Engineer Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Palm and Dates Center in Riyadh, chaired the 42nd meeting of the Center’s Board of Directors. His Excellency appreciated the Council’s efforts and the achievements it has achieved in supporting the palm and dates sector in the Kingdom and raising its production efficiency. The meeting discussed the performance of the Center’s initiatives for the second quarter of the year 2023, and reviewed the efforts made by the National Palm and Dates Center in increasing date exports from the Kingdom to the world, improving agricultural and industrial practices in addition to supporting the manufacturing industries of dates and their derivatives, and stressed the importance of continuing to provide qualitative initiatives. To serve the palm and dates sector in the Kingdom.