HADHRAMOUT FOUNDATION LAUNCHES AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESERVES IN AL-QATN

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Hadhramout Foundation - Human Development - launched a program about agriculture and the design of agricultural reserves. The program focuses on the reserves funded by Hadhramout Foundation as part of the “Life is Work Program”. Twenty participants from Hadramout and Al-Mahrah Governorates will benefit from this program.

The program’s courses were implemented by the Technical Agricultural and Veterinary Institute in the Academic Complex in Al-Qatn city, and covered the topics of designing and assembling agricultural reserves, the structure and installation of greenhouses, and the design of irrigation systems. The courses mainly focused on practical solutions that utilize the current technologies in the agricultural field.

The Dean of the Technical Agricultural and Veterinary Institute, Mr. Jaafar Al-Bakri, pointed out that the program will last for 45 days (total of 180 training hours) and indicated that the program focuses on modern technologies that will increase the efficiency and production of crops. Mr. Al-Bakri appreciated the efforts of Hadhramout Foundation - Human Development - in youth development as well as providing modern technologies to better the agricultural field.

The course instructor, Mr. Abdulaziz Bafdal, encouraged the participants to apply the methods learned through the program to preserve groundwater and crops from weeds and insects, and reduce the percentage of pesticides and fertilizers used in the cultivation process inside the reserves. Mr. Bafdal indicated that the participants will receive theoretical and practical training to ensure that the methods learned are fully understood and easy to implement.

In turn, the participants thanked the Hadhramout Foundation for sponsoring this program, which will provide them with modern and practical skills in the agricultural field, which in return will provide them with job opportunities that will generate steady incomes for them. The participants also wished that such programs would encourage the spread of agricultural reserves which are great replacements for the traditional immersion methods that are costly and inefficient.