The Minister of Youths and Sports Nayef al-Bakri conferred today, Thursday, with the British Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen Abda Sharif over bilateral relations and cooperation.
Gold prices continued to trade near an all-time high during trading, on Thursday, amid the continued escalation of global trade tensions, and ahead of the European Central Bank's decision on interest rates.
Deputy Governor of Marib Ali al-Fatimi and the Managing Director of Agriculture and Irrigation Eng. Saif Al-Walas inaugurated 168 modern irrigation networks for farmers in the city's suburbs and the district of Wadi.
The project was financed by more than 170,000 dollars from the World Bank . It aims to irrigate 420 hectares of farmland, reduce water and power consumption, while encouraging farmers to use modern irrigation systems.
Al-Walas pointed out that the Agriculture and Irrigation office is seeking to establish a partnership with the World Bank to implement a number of projects during the current year.
He pointed out that the Agriculture office has submitted a number of proposals in the field of agriculture and livestock production to the World Bank to consider funding their implementation.