{"id":"2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","canonicalSlug":"2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","language":"en","title":"Al-Baha pomegranate festival closes with sales above 60 tonnes","summary":"The five-day event brought together 50 local pomegranate farmers and 10 cottage-industry families, according to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture branch.","body":["The Al-Baha branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture concluded its 15th pomegranate festival on 18 October. The five-day event included 50 local pomegranate farmers and 10 cottage-industry families presenting pomegranate-based products.","The branch director said sales of pomegranates exceeded 60 tonnes. The festival also provided agricultural awareness and extension activities. SPA did not give a sales value or say how much of the reported volume was sold directly to consumers versus other buyers."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Al-Baha pomegranate festival closes with sales above 60 tonnes\n\nThe five-day event brought together 50 local pomegranate farmers and 10 cottage-industry families, according to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture branch.\n\nThe Al-Baha branch of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture concluded its 15th pomegranate festival on 18 October. The five-day event included 50 local pomegranate farmers and 10 cottage-industry families presenting pomegranate-based products.\n\nThe branch director said sales of pomegranates exceeded 60 tonnes. The festival also provided agricultural awareness and extension activities. SPA did not give a sales value or say how much of the reported volume was sold directly to consumers versus other buyers.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"The ministry branch concluded the five-day pomegranate festival on 18 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:27:27Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:20:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2704081","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","licence":"All rights reserved or no open reuse licence identified; original factual reporting, with no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2704081","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), source dated 2026-10-18. Wellficent independent factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-al-baha-pomegranate-festival-sales"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"sa-event-location","name":{"ar":"السعودية","en":"Saudi Arabia","es":"Arabia Saudí","fr":"Arabie saoudite","pt":"Arábia Saudita","ru":"Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Suudi Arabistan"},"type":"country","source":{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2704081","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"},"context":{"ar":"موقع الحدث: السعودية","en":"Event location: Saudi Arabia","es":"Lugar del evento: Arabia Saudí","fr":"Lieu de l’événement: Arabie saoudite","pt":"Local do evento: Arábia Saudita","ru":"Место события: Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Etkinlik yeri: Suudi Arabistan"},"countryCode":"SA"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":"SA-11"},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}