Ministry of Agriculture reinforces efforts to ensure supply of safe milk and its products
The Regulatory Services Department (RSD) of the Ministry of Agriculture is reinforcing its quality and safety control activities to ensure safe supply of agricultural products, mainly milk and its products to consumers. As per the “Legal Notice 113/ 2006: Regulations to Determine the Requirements and Standards for Milk and Milk Products Processing Plants”, regular inspection activities are carried out by RSD inspectors along with the National Animal and Plant Health Laboratory (NAPHL) technicians to make sure that pasteurized milk and milk products produced from these plants have the right safety and quality standards. read more
Encouraging vegetables and fruits farming in Gerset
Barentu, 06 August 2020- As part of the agricultural activities being conducted at the Gerset Agricultural Project, encouraging vegetables and fruits farming is being conducted. The report was made by the coordinators and staff members of the agricultural project.
According to Mr. Yosief Haile, head of Fruits and Crops Development, the agricultural project is engaged in cultivation of variety of crops, vegetables and fruits farming as well as livestock breeding and so far encouraging outcome is being registered. read more
Contribution to bolster National Fund
Asmara, 4 August 2020- Nationals inside the country and abroad contributed over 700 thousand Nakfa to bolster the National Fund to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the report from the Ministry of Health, employees of Trans Horn Transportation Company contributed 668 thousand and 977 Nakfa, employees of Strategic Research Center 7 thousand and 39 Nakfa, St. Mary cooperative association in Keren 5 thousand Nakfa and other small businesses and individuals in the Central region 25 thousand and 400 Nakfa. In related news, according to the Eritrean Embassy in Kuwait, the National Union of Eritrean Women branch contributed additional 600 Dinar.
Eid Al Adha celebration
Asmara, 1 August 2020 – Eid Al Adha, 1441 Hijiri year, was celebrated yesterday, 31 July.
Sheik Salem Ibrahim Almukhtar, Acting Mufti Eritrea and Secretary General of Higher Assembly of Eritrean Iftae and Islamic Affairs, had called on the faithful to follow the guidelines issued by the office regarding the celebration of the Holiday event. read more
Asmara, 21 July 2020- High level Eritrean military delegation headed by Gen. Filipos Woldeyohannes, Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces, delivered message of President Isaias Afwerki to Gen. Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, President of the Sudan’s Sovereign Council on 20 July.
