Tridge summary
The Ministry of Agriculture in Asmara conducted its annual assessment meeting, reviewing activities in animal and plant health, crop improvement, and research. In 2020, significant efforts were made in soil and water conservation, dam construction, land sowing, and seed distribution. There was also progress in poultry empowerment, livestock improvement, honey production, and desert locust control. Research on various crops and livestock, sero-surveillance for brucellosis, and rainfall data collection were among the achievements, despite some rainfall prediction discrepancies. The Minister emphasized the need for promoting simple silage production, equipping laboratories, reducing chemical fertilizers, encouraging locust use as animal feed, adopting integrated pest management, and enhancing researcher capacity.
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Original content
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 ...
Source: All Africa
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