WB finances program on agricultural water in Yemen

DHAMAR, Dec. 26 (Saba) - 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.