AMMAN — His
Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Sunday
visited an agricultural project and the Women’s Cooperative Association in Al-Disi,
located in the Southern Badia region, a Royal Court statement said.
اضافة اعلان
King Abdullah and Queen
Rania were briefed on the agricultural project, which extends over a total area
of 1022 dunums, and is implemented by a consortium of cooperatives.
The project, launched in
2021 upon Royal directives, was established on land provided by the Ministry of
Agriculture and creates around 200 seasonal jobs for local community members,
80 percent of whom are women.
Al-Hussein Agricultural
Cooperative and the Military Retirees Association oversee the agricultural
project, while Al-Weisah Charity Association operates and manages the
fishery project, which produces about six tonnes of fish annually.
Agriculture Minister
Khaled Hneifat said an agricultural station in the area will be allocated to
the consortium to create jobs and to establish an ecotourism agricultural
project to benefit the local community.
The King and Queen also
toured the premises of Al-Disi Women Cooperative Association, established in
2010, and were briefed on the projects implemented by women in the local
community, including pottery and ceramics, sewing, a play-based learning
project, and a traditional cooking experience offered to visitors and tourists.
The project includes a
plant nursery, which consists of greenhouses for cultivating and re-populating
endangered plants, such as wormwood, lavender cotton, saxaul, sage, wild thyme,
and orache.
During the tour, Their
Majesties planted a saxaul tree, which is native to Jordan’s Southern Badia
region.
The briefing also
covered the Badawiyat program, a cultural tourism project centered on a
productive kitchen that serves traditional food for tourists and visitors, in
addition to a circular loan fund for financing small enterprises, and a solar
power project supported by the Jordan River Foundation.
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