A farmer uses donkeys to plow his land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
SANAA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Many Yemeni farmers, who cannot afford to buy agricultural machinery, still use the primitive methods of farming to cultivate and sow their land.
The food crisis in the war-torn country is partly caused by the low productivity in its agricultural sector. Moreover, the skyrocketing prices of gas and diesel due to the devaluation of local currency and import bans have made the situation worse.
A farmer uses donkeys to plow his land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A farmer sows barley seeds on his land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A farmer uses donkeys to plow his land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Two farmers work on their land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
A farmer sows barley seeds on his land in the Shibam Kawkaban District in Al Mahwit Province, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)■
