Workshop on wheat Organized by Small Enterprise Development Agency
The Source: Seyoun/hadhramaut.nfo - 01/05/2009
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Small Enterprise Development Agency of
the Social Fund for Development in coordination with the Seiyoun Research Station and the Department of Agriculture and Irrigation, Alqatn District, on Workshop Organized by Small Enterprise Development Agency Wednesday organized a workshop under the title "the most notable results of the chain value in wheat", under the auspices of Mr. Wissam Abdullah Gaid - Executive Director of the Agriculture and the consultant for the Dutch amphady Lucien.
The workshop discussed the statistical information obtained from a field study conducted by the Netherlands Organization KIT in February of this year, which showed that the production of wheat in the Hadhramout valley has increased after a marked fall in the beginning of the year 2001, however, it still suffers from the weakness of production compared with the imported wheat, which means weaker demand in the domestic market as well as the outside, that helped the rise in the prices of imported wheat, non-commensurate with the quality and nutritional value, which found that the proportion of protein contained in wheat from (Australia, United States, Syria) is less much of the various samples of local wheat.
The workshop also discussed the constraints and difficulties in the agricultural and economical facing Local wheat. Development, which is notably falling prices resulting from the closure of export to countries abroad. In addition to the weak and small production of quantities for export and the absence of channels similar to the coordination of trade enjoyed by wheat importer. The workshop discussed a number of ideas that will promote investment in the cultivation of wheat, feed the national economy and help farmers to increase the cultivated areas of this vital product. Recalling that the World Bank has made the selection and financed the five economic sectors to study it and then provide appropriate support for each sector according to the recommendations that will be issued from each study, namely: coffee, fish, wheat, honey and Qaaat The workshop events were attended by: Dr... Abdullah Salim Alwan – DirectorGeneral Seiyoun Research Station, Eng... Ahmed Jumaan La-rdhi - Director Department of Agriculture and Irrigation, Al-qatn , Eng. Rubayeh Saleh Bahayyan, Chairman Al-qatn Agricultural Society, the President- Khashamer General Agricultural Society and a number of farmers and dealers of wheat as well owners of the wheat mills
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