WB finances program on agricultural water in Yemen
The Source: www.sabanews.net - 27/12/2008
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Dhamar province is currently carrying out the 2nd phase of the program of conserving the groundwater and soil.
The
program financed by the World Bank will last seven years. Speaking to
Saba, director-general of Dhamar Bureau of Agriculture and Irrigation
Ali Mohammed al-Hamdi said that the project aims to improve the
competence of water systems and conserve the groundwater in addition to
using rainwater for recharging the groundwater.
Al- Hamdi
indicated that the project includes the implementation of a program of
water agricultural guidance, supporting the management of water and
irrigation facilities.
"The project will include courses of
training and qualification of cadres working in the Bureau and
agricultural cooperative societies and farmers", added al-Hamdi.
He
noted that four facilities to recharge groundwater would be set up
within the WB project at the cost of $ 400000, the establishment of 113
water reservoirs to harvest rainwater at the cost of $ 200000 and eight
sites to protect the agricultural lands in valleys at the cost of $
150000.
Al-Hamdi affirmed that the program also would include a lot of water projects to be carried out over the next seven years.
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