Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) would exhibit dates grown in Sukkur and at Emirates Dates Palm Festival 2012 (EDPF-2012) Abu Dhabi, UAE.
SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said that this would be the first exhibition of dates grown in Sindh at an international forum in 65 years. The sixth EDPF-2012 is scheduled from November 26 to December 1 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, UAE Date suppliers, date factories, date by-products merchants, date processing units, date farmers, date food products and derivatives dealers would participate in the exhibition. Seminars and conference would also be organized to mark the occasion.
Chaudhuri said that Sindh was a major producer of dates in Pakistan as it contributes around 50 percent of total dates produced in the country of which Khairpur has a share of around 90 percent of total date production of Sindh.
