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In Eritrea, May 15 is National  Afforestation day. Last Tuesday,  the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)  convened a one-day workshop  in Asmara to commemorate  the12th anniversary of National  Afforestation Day under the theme  ‘Green Environment-Secured  Livelihood’. On the occasion senior  Government and PFDJ officials,  religious leaders and other invited  guests planted tree seedlings.

Rinderpest was once a fatal cattle disease that led to huge losses in livestock production. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is also a similar and contagious disease which affects sheep and goats. For quite a long period of time, PPR has been a major burden in the socio-economic activities of countries where the livelihoods of a large portion of their population depends on livestock. Controlling and eradicating the prevalence of PPR will play a decisive role in improving the livelihood of farmers in developing countries and in ensuring food security.

Anthropologists believe that using traditional medicine as a way of protecting or healing a person began when human beings started living on earth. Traditional Medicine (TM) is a way of treating people based on cultural beliefs.It is done to treat people from diseases and the practitioners adopt the treatment procedures based on experience and observation of past generations. Traditional medicine has been practiced in Eritrea for centuries.

Health is one of the inalienable rights of citizens enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights. Eritrea has been working to enhance the health conditions of its citizens and is indeed one of the few sub-Saharan states that have achieved the millennium development goals ahead.

In the past, beekeeping in Eritrea was practiced by traditional method. Starting from 2001, however, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in collaboration with experts from overseas, has been giving courses in modern beekeeping practices. This has resulted improvements in the production of honey.

Capacity building plays a great role in upgrading and developing the skills required for the provision of better services. The Eritrean Centre for Organizational Excellence (ERCOE) was established in 2006 with the basic objective of assisting the public and private organizations to be the most economic, efficient and effective entities.