http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership This presentation was made during the Inception Workshop on Regional Soil Partnership and MENA Soil Information System that took place in Amman, Jordan 1-5 April 2012. The presentation was made by Nadher E. Ahmed Al Absi, and it presents the National Soil Information System In Yemen & Status And Challenges. ©FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. National Soil Information System
In Yemen
&
Status And Challenges
Republic of Yemen
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Agricultural Research
& Extension Authority

2. About me :
 Name : Nadher E. Ahmed Al Absi.
 Country : Republic Of Yemen.
 Host institution : Agricultural Research & Extension
Authority , (AREA).
Renewable Neutral Resources Research
Center (RNRRC) .
 Job : soil & water researcher.
 Scientific Degree : PhD
 Title Of thesis : ( LIS and DSS for management
land Reclamation project ).
 Email : Nadher_absi@yahoo.com.

3. About Yemen :
 Site : South Waste Arab peninsula ,it lies
between Latitudes 12◦ and 23 ◦ N and
Longitudes 42 ◦ and 54 ◦ E.
 Area : 455,024 square km = 45,550,245 ha.
 Cultivation Land : 1,240,988 ha=2.7 % Of total area .
 Non suitable land :39,000,000 ha = 85.4 % of total area
( national degradation study , 2002 )
 Population : 20 million (2004), Expected that
Reached to 50 million(2031)in growth
population 3.1, (statistical office ,2004).

7. Land Resources In Yemen :
 Land resources are extremely limited in Yemen.
 Most Of agricultural Land is Mountain terraces.
 the population density is very high in these areas.
 coastal and plain lands are also limited due to
water resources.
 Land degradation and desertification are
significant issues.
 Climate change is a critical issue in Yemen .
 Water is a limited resource in Yemen.

8. National
Environmental Research
Activities

9. Previous study reports. ‫اﻠﺳﺎﺑﻗﺔ‬‫واﻠﺘﻗﺎرﻳﺮ‬‫اﺴﺎت‬‫ر‬‫اﻠﺪ‬

11. Yemen Basins and Watershed

13. Land cover type Area,km2 % Mha
Bare area 410999.69 90.536 41.100
Natural vegetation 31739.79 6.992 3.174
Wetlands 2918.31 0.643 0.292
Water bodies 20.76 0.005 0.002
Built up area 386.97 0.085 0.039
Agricultural area
Crop land 6638.1
Plantations
Qat 509.14
Fruits 304.81
Palms 443.9
Total 7895.95 1.739 0.790
Grand total of Yemen 453961.47 100 45.396

14. Yemen Vegetation Map

15. Yemen Land Degradation Map

16. Types and Areas of degradation land

17. Soil Map of western Yemen ,1983

18. Situation soil classification map
Type of Soil Map year Institution Resource of data Scale
Western part of
Yemen
1983
Team Of
Kornal U.V
Land Sat 3
Aril photography
Topographic maps
Soil Observation
point
1:500000
National Soil Map 2007 RNRRC
Land sat 7-2007
Topographic maps
Aril photography
GPS Point
Soil Observation
point
1:500000

23. Land Use In Western Part Of Yemen

24. ‫ﺍﻟﺑﻳﺋﻳﺔ‬ ‫ﻭﺍﻷﻧﺷﻁﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺩﺭﺍﺳﺎﺕ‬
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Research Studies & activities on
Governorates & Districts Level

27. Soil Map Of Haja Governorate

29. SYTEMATIC AREA
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31. Challenges
 Entering soil date, especially (physical and
chemical soil properties)
 Update Soil Map For western Part of Yemen .
 Rewrite Soil Report.
 Update Soil Database.
 Input the date by SOTR .
 Complete National Soil Map Suitability .
 Complete National Land use Map .
 Study Effect Climate Change on Soil properties
 Study Effect Climate Change on Land use.
 Study Effect Climate Change on organic carbon .

34. Thank you So Much