Eritrea: Ministry of Agriculture Assessment Meeting

The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) held a meeting recently at its headquarters in Asmara for an annual assessment of its activities. The meeting, which was held by following the national COVID 19 safety measures and guidelines, heard reports on animal health, plant health, crop improvement, dairy production and research undertakings and inspections. In 2020, on-farm and off-farm soil and water conservation measures were taken over more than 22000 hectares of land throughout the country and 35 masonry small scale dams were constructed. Around 492000 hectares of land were sown with 87.7% of cereals, 6.5% of pulses and 3.6% of oil seeds to harvest a targeted ratio of 50:25:25 for cereals, pulses and oilseeds respectively. In addition to that, with more than 11500 farmers, fruits and vegetable were cultivated over approximately 4700 and 18082 hectares of land respectively. The development of improved seeds is one of the priorities of the MoA, to which it has dedicated 660 hectares of ...