CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT SUGGESTS YEMEN IMPORT QAT

SANA'A, Feb. 60 (Saba) - The Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace has called on the U.S. to increase its developmental aid to
Yemen instead of focusing on fighting al-Qaeda in the country,
international reports have said.

Christopher Boucek of the endowment said in a written testimony it
is in the interest of Washington to have association with Yemen in
different fields to indirectly contribute to improving the country's
internal security.

The U.S. should help Yemen to apply more strict lawful system to
prevent further consumption of water on qat plant amid dwindling
groundwater resources in an alarming way.

To achieve this, Yemen must be encouraged to import qat from eastern
Africa.

Large areas of land in Yemen are planted with qat, with the country
now importing all food, the endowment said, urging national farmers
to shift into crops production.

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