http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Japan trains Yemeni engineers on water harvesting in Jordan [The Source: Mukalla/Hadramoutinfo/Saba.net - 15/1/2013] Fifteen Yemeni engineers from Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the General Authority for Water Resources are to partake in the training course “technology of controlling surface water and groundwater” in Jordan. The course is implemented by the National Center for Agricultural Research and Guidance in Jordan and supported and financed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Technical Cooperation Programme for Training on the optimal use of water for irrigation in Yemen. A statement issued by JICA and Saba got a copy of it, pointed that the participants in the training course will receive scientific and practical knowledge about the concepts and guidelines on water harvesting and irrigation through the use of modern technology in this area for the purpose of optimum use of water for irrigation in Yemen, so as to enhance the capabilities of human resources in the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the Ministry of Water and Environment to contribute to the reduction of groundwater depletion and addressing the problem of water management in Yemen. The training program aims in a third country to transfer the Japanese knowledge and experience to Yemeni cadres in a more favorable environment in terms of language, culture and climate as well as creating more opportunities for cooperation between developing countries in the region. It is noteworthy that the Japanese agency has ,during the past three years , send more than 200 trainees to Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan in the areas of health, education, water, electricity, agriculture and irrigation, in order to improve the capacities of the Yemeni cadres in addressing the different developmental issues.