http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Govt's trends to support activities to reduce demand for Qat [The Source: sana'a/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 04/04/2010] Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Karim al-Arhabi affirmed on Sunday the government's serious support to the activities aiming to reduce the demand for Qat. During his meeting with the World Bank (WB)'s mission, al-Arhabi pointed out that the Qat cultivation represents one of the big problems facing the government efforts in addressing the water scarcity and depletion.He stressed the importance of gathering the government and the social organizations efforts to raise awareness of the dangers of the expansion in the cultivation of Qat on the future of water resources in Yemen.In this respect, al-Arhabi noted to the current cooperation between Yemen and the WB to implement an integrated program to reduce the demand for Qat as an option imposed by the seriousness of the consequences arising from the cultivation of Qat.In the meeting, the two sides dealt with details relating to the joint cooperation program between the government and the WB to support activities to reduce the demand for Qat in Yemen as well as the coordination of efforts with the non-governmental parts in this regard