{"id":"2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","language":"en","title":"Al Ghadeer and Al Foah agree to support Emirati women artisans","summary":"Emirates News Agency reported on 10 October that Al Ghadeer Emirati Crafts Project and Al Foah Dates signed a cooperation agreement to support local products and Emirati women artisans.","body":["Al Ghadeer Emirati Crafts Project, affiliated with Emirates Red Crescent, and Al Foah Dates, a subsidiary of Agthia Group, signed a cooperation agreement to support local products and Emirati women artisans. Emirates News Agency (WAM) said the signing took place during World Food Week at ADNEC Abu Dhabi but did not specify the exact day.","The partnership is intended to support women artisans in food production, expand market access for Al Ghadeer products and create sustainable income opportunities. Al Foah will use its expertise in the dates sector and its retail network to help artisans market food products and reach more consumers. Al Ghadeer has committed to using Al Foah dates in its food products.","WAM gave no monetary value, product volume, delivery schedule or implementation timetable. Its report describes the agreement's aims and intended commercial support; it does not report results achieved in sales, market reach or income."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Al Ghadeer and Al Foah agree to support Emirati women artisans\n\nEmirates News Agency reported on 10 October that Al Ghadeer Emirati Crafts Project and Al Foah Dates signed a cooperation agreement to support local products and Emirati women artisans.\n\nAl Ghadeer Emirati Crafts Project, affiliated with Emirates Red Crescent, and Al Foah Dates, a subsidiary of Agthia Group, signed a cooperation agreement to support local products and Emirati women artisans. Emirates News Agency (WAM) said the signing took place during World Food Week at ADNEC Abu Dhabi but did not specify the exact day.\n\nThe partnership is intended to support women artisans in food production, expand market access for Al Ghadeer products and create sustainable income opportunities. Al Foah will use its expertise in the dates sector and its retail network to help artisans market food products and reach more consumers. Al Ghadeer has committed to using Al Foah dates in its food products.\n\nWAM gave no monetary value, product volume, delivery schedule or implementation timetable. Its report describes the agreement's aims and intended commercial support; it does not report results achieved in sales, market reach or income.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-10","eventDateBasis":"WAM's report is dated 10 October 2026 and says the agreement was signed during World Food Week at ADNEC Abu Dhabi; it does not specify the exact signing day. The event date follows the dated report, not a claimed exact ceremony date.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T21:01:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T21:01:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T21:00:55Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-10","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T20:38:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2o8d1g-ghadeer-emirati-crafts-project-al-foah-sign","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), 10 October 2026. Factual paraphrase; no source prose or image reproduced. No open reuse licence identified.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct10-global-more-gulf-al-ghadeer-al-foah-food-agreement"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-AZ"},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","agreement","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}