almotamar-net - , - Yemen and World Bank signed in CAIRO on Friday a loan agreement of $ 20 million as a contribution in funding the project of based-rain agriculture and animal wealth.
The cost of the project is $ 33 million.
The Yemeni government will fund $3 million and another donors will contribute $10 millions.
The project will be carried out in five governorates: Sana'a, Hajjh, Al-Mahweet, Hodeida and Lahj.
The agreement was signed by the Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdullah Hassan Al-Shater and from World Bank side, head of the negotiation team Marry Helen.
Al-Shater said that works in the project would be started in the second half of 2006.