The Al-Kafeel Nurseries Group starts the third stage of harvesting its palm dates

The staffs of Al-Kafeel Nurseries Group have started the third stage of harvesting the fruits of their date palms at the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine.

The official of the group, Mr. Mohammed Harbi, said that the interest in agriculture, especially palm cultivation, comes under the guidance and follow-up of His Eminence the Senior Official of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine; Sayed Ahmad al-Safi, who always urges to make more efforts to increase palm trees in Iraq,"he said.

He explained that"the staffs of the specialized group have started the third stage of harvesting 100% ripe dates inside nurseries, which may be sold directly or stored.

"This phase was preceded by two phases, the first is to harvest the (date) crop in conjunction with the date picking season, and the second is to harvest the (kharmoush date) crop and store it in refrigerators to be marketed later,"he added.

The Al-Kafeel Nurseries Group contributes to supplying the local markets with date varieties by increasing the local product and dispensing with the imported one, in order to achieve self-sufficiency, according to Harbi.