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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BY NATNAEL YEBIO | SHABAIT Agriculture is the key sector in most developing countries. It has a key role to play in enabling them to accomplish developmental goals, including self-reliance, growth and equity. Food production is a fundamental problem is many developing countries, including Eritrea.
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue Reading“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 […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) that just concludes its 2nd biannual General Assembly in Bujumbura, Burundi from 9th – 13th December 2013 have chosen Eritrea to host the next General Assembly.
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy 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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