Feature: Yemen's centuries-old coffee cultivation needs revival amid ongoing conflicts


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023

SANAA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hope returns to a small mountain village hiding in northern Sanaa highlands in Yemen when the coffee beans turn red again, signifying the beginning of the coffee harvest season.

"For a farmer, there is nothing better than the harvesting season," said Ahmed al-Nahmi, a coffee grower in Bani al-Nahmi village, more than 100 km west of Sanaa, Yemen's capital, as he was busy hand-picking the ripe beans along with his family.

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