Chapter
9:
Case
studies
in
Ta’izz
According
to
the
district
director,
Shaief
Addakam,
it
is
not
right
that
Person
94
transfers
water
from
the
water
source
or
well
to
other
distant
areas,
when
the
people
in
his
area
are
deprived
of
water.
This
practice
is
especially
unacceptable
for
irrigation
of
qat
farms,
when
considering
the
traditional
rules.
He
also
thinks
that
the
contradiction
between
the
NWRA
Sana’a
and
NWRA
Ta’izz
decisions
has
caused
a
lot
of
confusion
and
helped
to
exacerbate
the
conflict.
The
Qassem’s
account:
The
Qassems
are
local
farmers
who
rely
mainly
on
farming
for
living.
They
mainly
grow
qat,
coffee
and
corn,
in
addition
to
vegetables.
The
Qassems
accuse
Person
94
of
exhausting
water
in
the
Halhalah
area
by
pumping
water
down
to