International study: Houthi landmines in Tehama area caused declining of cultivated area by 38%
English - Saturday 15 June 2019 الساعة 10:44 am
Aden – NewsYemen.net
The Iranian-backed Houthi militias planted large areas in al-Hodeida province, including on the West Coast, caused a 38 percent decline in cultivated area over the past year and thousands of people have lost their livelihoods, according to an economic study by international experts.
The economic study titled" The Impact war on the development in Yemen", seen by Newsyemen, said farmers' revenues in the Tehama area were down about 42 percent from pre-war levels triggered by the Houthi coup.
The Houthi militias planted landmines in larges areas in Tehama area, located in the Western part of Yemen, spread along the Red Sea coastline from Bab al-Mandab to the last border point with Saudi Arabia, turned it into military areas.
The Houthi militias forced farmers to displace their hometown. The Houthi landmines killed and injured many people on the West Coast of Yemen.
The Study indicated that agricultural crops and farms were directly attacked by the Houthi militias, forcing farms to leave their farms; moreover, civilians suffer from the increasing prices of fuel and transport.
The terrorist militias have imposed a severe siege on the West coast areas in al-Hodeida province, preventing free access for many trucks to go to their ways.
The siege caused widespread poverty, hunger and disease, famine in many areas of the province and increased malnutrition among children.
The study attributed the decline in agricultural investments because of the Houthi militias' landmines. Many farmers have been killed or injured.
Economic experts said to Newsyemen that Turning agricultural farms into landmine field is a major economic disaster, not because of declining in the production but leaving the agricultural land for decades.
