WB grants Yemen $1 million to strengthen precaution against bird flu

World Bank announced here on Tuesday that it will give Yemen about $ 1,000,000 to support the country’s efforts to take precautionary measures and encountering the bird flu.

During a meeting here in Sana’a Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Mansur al-Hawshabi and the WB official of the Rainfed Agriculture and Animal Wealth, the WB stipulated that the government has to approve the Avian Flu National Comprehensive Plan to get this grant. 

The meeting also reviewed the implementation progress in the project of the Rainfed Agriculture and Animal Wealth and the bank’s role in improving the agricultural sector in Yemen.

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