Sanaa: Capital Sana'a mayor Dr. Hamoud Ubad inspected on Sunday the progress of work in the Capital Sana'a's agricultural sector, reviewing the implementation of agricultural and field activities and discussing measures to enhance greening efforts and expand green spaces across the city.
According to Yemen News Agency, during the visit, Ubad reviewed a variety of trees and seedlings and examined the mechanism for distributing them to different areas. He also received a briefing from the Capital Sana'a's Agriculture Sector official, Mohammed Hagar, on the performance of the sector's departments and district branches and the activities currently being implemented.
The governor met with agriculture sector officials and district branch directors to discuss ways to strengthen the sector's performance and accelerate tree-planting campaigns and the expansion of green spaces to improve the city's appearance ahead of the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday.
The meeting also reviewed agricultural and fieldwork programs, efforts to rehabilitate water sources managed by the agriculture sector, and measures to strengthen oversight of agricultural pesticide trading, including referring violations to the public prosecution to help protect the agricultural sector, the environment, and public health.
Participants also discussed the Capital Sana'a's role, through the agriculture sector, in overseeing agricultural marketing as a key value chain and enhancing cooperation with the Agricultural Projects and Initiatives Financing Unit in implementing development projects.
Ubad urged the agriculture sector and its district branches to intensify tree-planting activities along streets and in public areas, maintain planted trees through regular pruning, and continue improving the city's appearance.
For his part, Mohammed Hagar presented a report on agricultural and field achievements during 2024-2025, noting that more than 138,000 trees, shrubs, and flowering plants had been planted in streets, intersections, and public spaces across the Capital Secretariat's districts.
