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Eritrea
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Our work in Eritrea
SFSA aims to improve rural livelihoods through partnerships,
focusing on better soil and water management, crop improvement
and capacity building.
In 2006 more than 1,400 farmers planted Kona ICRISAT and Hagaz NARI, two new varieties of pearl millet. The varieties were screened and bred by Negusse Abraha, millet breeder for the Ministry of Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) at Halhalle.
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Demography
| Population2 |
4,389,500 |
| Population growth, %2 |
2.2 |
| Mobile phones per 1,000 people3 |
n/a |
| Telephone main lines per 1,000 people3 |
9 |
| Radios per 1,000 people4 |
464 |
| Internet users3 |
9,000 |
| Agriculture as % of GDP2 |
12.6 |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births2 |
45 |
| % of rural population with access to safe water*3 |
54 |
| Land use, permanent crop land (hectares)3 |
3,000 |
* Data measure the
share of the population with reasonable and ready access to
adequate safe water for domestic purposes. Data for small
countries and countries in arid and
semi-arid areas are less reliable than those for larger countries
and countries
with greater rainfall.
1 Data for the year 2004
2 Data for the year 2003
3 Data for the year 2002
4 Data for the year 2001
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country information
Sources
- (African countries) 2005 African Development Indicators, The
World Bank,
Washington DC (June 2005).
- (All countries) 2005 World Development Indicators, The World
Bank,
Washington DC (March 2005).
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Related projects
Sustainable
land management.
Millet
improvement
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