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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Thu Sep 16 2010 - 13:13:28 EDT
Augmenting food reserve is the guarantee of national objectives and vision:
President Isaias
Mendefera, 16 September 2010 - President Isaias Afwerki underlined that
augmenting food reserve through raising productivity is the guarantee of
national objectives and vision. He made the salient remarks at the closing
session of the meeting of Regional Administrators in Mendefera town
yesterday.
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is to be noted that the main agenda item of the meeting in which Regional
Administrators and the Minister of Agriculture took part focused on the
progress made regarding the country's food security strategy as well as a
preliminary assessment of crop harvest in 2010. Following extensive
discussion on the report presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr.
Arefaine Berhe, and the regional Administrations, the meeting held in-depth
discussion on the working paper presented by President Isaias focusing on
reinforcing development programs and strengthening all-round popular
participation.
In his briefings, the President pointed out that the mission and work
programs of the administrations is that of playing a leading role to improve
the people's standard of living, providing reliable social service and take
the necessary just administrative initiatives that would ensure the security
and welfare of the people. In this respect, he reminded the regional
Administrations to strengthen organizational and work methods aimed at
promoting all-round popular participation in multi-faceted development
programs.
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g that crop harvest for 2010 in all parts of the country is expected to be
higher than that of pervious years, President Isaias explained ensuring food
security
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g-2.jpg continued growth of national food reserve through raising
productivity and applying efficient saving mechanism. Elaborating that
achieving food security is not the sole ultimate objective, he called on the
people and Administrations to look beyond and strengthen export-oriented
economic activities. In this respect, the President underscored the need on
the part of every region to properly identify the available relative
advantages, organize and agitate the inhabitants, reinforce economic
activities, and thereby strive to boost regional output alongside endeavors
to augment overall national productivity.
Pointing out that Eritrea's potential to develop animal resources is not to
be viewed lightly, President Isaias stressed the need for the regional
Administration to draw up and implement concrete programs to develop
livestock resources, and that the Agriculture Ministry should make due
professional support to this end. In this connection, he emphasized that
an end should be put to the practice of unrestrained export of livestock in
a manner that benefits the nation. President Isaias further explained that a
national corporation has been set up to coordinate activities to this end.
He also reminded the Northern and Southern Red Sea regions to strive for
adequately harnessing marine resources at their disposal, as well as create
conducive ground towards enabling the local inhabitants enhance productivity
in the sector.
President Isaias went on to shed light on the major projects envisaged
towards reinforcing the on-going activities designed to enhance national
productivity and economic growth in 2011 on the basis of putting in place
water conserving infrastructures, construction of strategic roads, soil and
water conservation devices and expansion of social services.
Commending the impressive contribution of members of the Defense Force in
multi-dimensional development projects, the President noted the need to
create viable environment that would enable the population at large to
assume the responsibility of implementing all the national development
programs.
Reaching understanding that the country's Administrative regions present
development plans for 2011 next month that outline priorities and demands of
the population in a concise manner, the one day meeting of Regional
Administrators was concluded yesterday.
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