Agriculture
- Total Area: 527,968 sq. km
- Land Area: 527,968 sq. km
- Water Area: None
- Climate: Yemen's west coast is hot and humid and the mountains that form its back are mostly temperate, but have seasonal monsoons. Beyond the mountains, the desert of the Sinai Peninsula is hot and dry year round.
- Terrain: Yemen has coastal plains that back into large, plateaued mountains. These mountains slope into the inland desert that makes up most of the country.
- Arable Land Use: 2.2%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.55%
- Irrigated Land: 6,801 sq. km
- Total Renewable Water Sources: 2.1 cu. km
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 162.4 cu. m/yr
- Natural Hazards: Sand and dust storms in the summer, and limited volcanic activity year round.
- Current Environmental Issues: Limited freshwater, overgrazing, desertification, soil erosion, climate change.
- Agricultural Products: grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton, dairy, livestock, poultry, fish.
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A Yemeni farmer with his donkey.
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A Yemeni farmer growing grain.
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A popular method of farming in Yemen.
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Farmers plowing fields with a camel.
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Livestock on a mountain in Yemen.
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