FAO grants Yemen $500,000 for wheat seeds

SANA'A, March 21 (Saba) - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
granted on Saturday $500,000 for supporting farmers with wheat seeds
for three months.

The grant signed between Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and
FAO aimed at backing Yemen's efforts in planting food grains and
increasing productivity through providing seeds of wheat and
different food grains so as to contribute to achieving the food
security.

The agreement the financial grant signed by Minister of Agriculture
and Irrigation Mansur Ahmad al-Hawshabi and Acting Director of FAO
in Sana'a Gholam Bobal.

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