Carnegie Endowment suggests Yemen import qat

SANA'A, Feb. 60 (Saba) - The Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace has called on the U.S. to increase its
developmental
aid to Yemen instead of focusing on fighting al-Qaeda in the country, international
reports have said.
Christopher Boucek of the endowment said in a written testimony it is in the
interest of Washington to have association with Yemen in different fields to
indirectly contribute
to improving the country's internal security.
The U.S. should help Yemen to apply more strict lawful system to prevent further
consumption of water on qat plant amid dwindling groundwater resources in an
alarming way.
To achieve this, Yemen must be encouraged to import qat from eastern Africa.
Large areas of land in Yemen are planted with qat, with the country now importing
all food, the endowment said, urging national farmers to shift into crops
production.
FR