Yemeni Farmer Makes Good with Green Technologies

By Dorelyn Jose

August 23, 2013   |   0 comments

Khalib Al Humaidi is a sharecropper at the farm of the Sawan Agricultural Society in Yemen. For years, he planted potatoes, earning $50 (10,000 Yemeni Riyals) per harvest for his labor after splitting the profit with the Society....
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Greenhouses Inspire Farmers in Yemen to Innovate

By Dorelyn Jose

August 21, 2013   |   0 comments

Farmer Mahdy Saleh Al Nagar, 25, is one of several Yemeni farmers inspired by innovations at the Sawan demonstration site in Sana’a. The site currently showcases a greenhouse that can produce up to 10 times more vegetables than a traditional field while using 92 percent fewer pesticides than other greenhouses....
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One small program produces big results in global relations

By Charito Kruvant

June 28, 2013   |   0 comments

In the world of global development, we build bridges. At times these bridges are literal structures that bind two communities. More often, the bridges we construct extend across continents and oceans to connect people in a personal way....
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