No Preoccupation of Food Shortages this Year in Eritrea: President Isaias

BY SHABAIT President Isaias Afwerki explained government policies and programmes on key developmental domestic issues and regional developments in an interview held with local media yesterday. In the interview that was broadcast live on Eri-Tv and Dimtsi Hafahs (the national radio), President Isaias elucidated in detail the policy underpinnings, programmes undertaken in the past years, […]

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Dams and Prospects of Irrigation Farming vis-à-vis Agro-Tourism Development in Eritrea

By National Tourism Association, IN countries like Eritrea where there is scarcity of rainfall, it’s essential that Governments and the community seek alternative solutions to alleviate water problem. That alternative solution, mainly, is catching every drop of water through building water catchment schemes and constructing micro and macro dams. These dams and water catchment schemes […]

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Environmental Protection in Eritrea

By Rediet Kifle, Increasingly, the threat of environmental degradation has garnered attention as an important developmental issue. Currently, there is a strong consensus that environmental degradation can negatively affect humans and other species, and direct consequences include aspects of global warming, torrential rains or little-to-no rain, and desertification. Notably, aspects of degradation are quite apparent […]

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Egypt: Chances of Negotiations with Ethiopia ‘Used Up’

“Egypt will not go to Ethiopia unless Addis Ababa is willing to return to negotiations to resolve points of contention on the Renaissance Dam.” – Irrigation Minister By Al-Masry Al-Youm, Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel Muttalib criticized what he called Ethiopia’s refusal to budge on key issues during the three-party negotiations of the […]

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Crop and Pasture Monitoring in Eritrea

By IES, The crop-growing season in Eritrea has been significantly delayed due to late rains, according to the report on ‘Crop and pasture monitoring in Eritrea’ recently published by the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) in the framework of the scientific and technical support to the European Union (EU) delegation in Eritrea and the EuropeAid Development […]

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Helping Communities Boost Food Security in Eritrea: UNDP

By UNDP, As one arrives at the Lamka village on the outskirts of Asmara he or she may be tempted to think that this is a deserted village. There is very limited movement of people with a handful of children playing around in an open field. This is because almost all the village residents have gone to work on their farms […]

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