2014年1月1日 · Qat (Catha edulis) is an ever green tree/shrub naturally growing in Abysssinian mountains as well as in the other countries of East Africa. It has been introduced to Yemen before the Islamic Era, nowadays it is widely cultivated in the mountains of Sanaa and Taiz.

Qat (Catha edulis) is an ever green tree/shrub naturally growing in Abysssinian mountains as well as in the other countries of East Africa. It has been introduced to Yemen before the Is-lamic Era, nowadays it is widely cultivated in the mountains of Sanaa and Taiz.

2023年4月14日 · A 2008 study revealed that 64 percent of qat farms were owned by just 9 percent of farmers. This upper echelon of elites, which some researchers have referred to as a qat lobby, wield considerable political influence, and have worked to cement Yemen’s qat addiction despite the grave economic toll for many consumers.

2018年2月9日 · Qat, a leafy green plant with narcotic properties, has been chewed across the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa for centuries. People take a handful of leaves and chew it for a consistent...

2022年11月10日 · Farmers are draining groundwater around Yemen's capital and removing soil to cultivate the narcotic green leaf qat that dominates life in the country, threatening to exhaust precious...

While both men and women chew qat, it is the men who often derive most of the benefit from its cultivation. Both men and women actively farm in Yemen (i.e., the women are not in seclusion as are Muslim women under the Taliban in Afghanistan, for example). However, it is the men who grow qat, who sit up all night guarding it, and who harvest it.

Qat is chewed by almost everyone in Yemen and has become part of the Yemeni way of life. As a crop, qat is much appreciated for its high profitability, its hardiness and drought resistance, and the few husbandry problems associated with it.

2024年3月31日 · On cold winter mornings or rainy summer mornings, child “Qat harvesters” in many villages in Yemen, go to Qat farms to pick Qat branches and stack them in circular bundles or store them in plastic bags and to be ready for shipping to various Qat markets to be sold to millions of Yemenis who chew Qat plant every day.

2015年1月15日 · Qat is grown extensively in Yemen, and it is an important cash crop for many families. But the crops are often cultivated with the help of cheap pesticides that are smuggled into Yemen. Highly toxic, these chemicals can lead …

2020年10月20日 · Qat uses up to 15% of the total cultivated area in Yemen. And, in order to be cultivated up to five times a year, it uses a disproportionate amount of water, pesticides and fertilisers, exacerbating food insecurity by tying up land, livelihoods and labour.