was held today in Seiyoun with a number of farmers having interest in planting palm trees in the Wadi Hadramout Districts And Sahara. The meeting  was headed  by the  Director General  - office of the  Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation  , Eng Omar Karama  Mahiewer  in the presence of the advisers  Center of  Arab  Studies for the  Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) Dr. Nasreddin Al-ubeid - Director - Department of Financial and Administrative Affairs as well as Dr. Abdel-Basset Awdah - Director of  Department of Plant Resources, head of the palm in the center..
The Meeting was devoted o up a development mechanism for the implementation of replanting   date palm trees in Hadramout and Al-mahra at a cost of 500 thousand dollars funded by the Islamic Development Bank within the program of short-term emergency assistance.  The purpose of this is supporting the efforts of the Yemeni government to address the food crisis through the replanting of about 6 thousand shoot of the palm the provinces of Hadramout and Mahara and introduce different samples texture to offset losses in the garden   of the farmers who have been affected by recent flooding in the eastern in October of last year in 2008. In accordance with the timetable set for the project, which starts from May this 2009 and will last for two years.  The discussions focused on the need to deliver the seedlings to the recipients and the selection of the items that were tested, demonstrated its suitability with dry, humid land environment and high-quality   of production in the quantitative and qualitative.  The Technical team also visited the genetic saver project in the experimental farm of the Agricultural Research Station in Seiyoun to get to know some ideas and visions of the farmers   in the District of Saah on palm cultivation. During their visit to the District yesterday, where they were welcomed by the District commissioner Omar al-Jaberi and were shown the extent of the damage to the Agricultural land Saah.