Almotamar.net, Saba - Vice President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi stressed on Wednesday the need to give the agricultural sector in Yemen the importance it deserves.
Inaugurating the First National Festival of Agriculture "Sana'a 2010", organized by Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Sana'a University, Hadi called upon the rectors of the Yemeni universities to allocate a large portion of their attention for the agricultural academic aspect.
He noted that this festival reflects the great interest in the agricultural side, pointing out that this aspect is very important in the path of the economic and social life and food security in general.
The Vice President pointed that the utmost efforts should be made in the agricultural areas through the scientific researches and field work in all its forms.
The people's lives and their livelihood are linked to agriculture, Hadi added noting that the College of Agriculture and agricultural institutes almost exist in all provinces and they need to be developed to carry out their duties.
Free areas could be customized for exporting through the passages leading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, through which farmers can gain significant benefits and an important stimulus for the agriculture, Hadi explained.
In this regard, he called upon the private sector to work to organize the export operations orderly and scientifically and there would be common benefits.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
VP stresses need to give agricultural sector what it deserves 
