Launching coffee growing season and distributing 100,000 seedlings in capital’s secretariat

The Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in the caretaker government, Eng. Abdul Malik Al-Thawr, and the Mayor of the capital, Dr. Hamoud Abbad, inaugurated on Wednesday the coffee planting season by distributing 100,000 coffee seedlings to be planted in various directorates and gardens of the Secretariat, coinciding with the activities of the National Coffee Day. At the inauguration, which was held on the coffee tour on Airport Street, the Minister of Agriculture indicated that the inauguration of the coffee growing season comes within the activities of the celebration of the National Coffee Day, which falls on March 3 of each year, which coincides with the entry of the spring season and the rainy season. He noted the importance of the activities of the Yemeni National Coffee Day in showing the coffee civilization and its importance in the lives of Yemenis as an important cash crop. He considered the coffee tree an ancient historical symbol that expresses the identity of an entire people, and its produc tivity reflects the race of a nation, which calls for caring for this tree, caring for it and encouraging its widespread cultivation. Minister Al-Thawr stressed that Yemeni coffee of all kinds and productivity will become a source of national income for Yemen and will be a source of pride for all Yemeni people. Source: Yemen News Agency