Évaluations

Thousands of Eritreans are forced to flee Eritrea every year, many joining mixed migration flows and seeking asylum in East Africa and beyond. As this snapshot shows, many are driven to escape harsh conditions and conscription…

Eritreans have fled the country in large numbers since the 1960s as a result of war, poverty and a lack of freedom. The 30-year long Independence war produced a diaspora of over a million people, mostly…

INTRODUCTION: The drought situation in the Horn of Africa is a major source of concern to the world. The Northern and Southern red sea zones of Eritrea are the areas likely to be affected by the consequences of this natural…

Mission Highlights Successive years of drought and inadequate rains have seriously undermined crop and livestock production in Eritrea. In 2004, Azmera rains (March-May), important for land preparation and replenishment of pastures, in key agricultural areas failed and the main Kremti…

Mission Highlights Prolonged drought in 2002 caused the 2002 crop production in Eritrea to almost entirely fail. The livestock sector was also severely affected. In 2003, crop production was severely constrained by erratic rains starting late and ending early. Although…

Joint FAO/WFP Report PR 02/102e ROME, 3 October 2002 - A prolonged drought has seriously affected agricultural and livestock production in Eritrea this year - threatening the lives of more than a million people, the UN Food and…

Summary The volume of World Food Program food stocks at the end of June in warehouses of the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission (ERREC) stood at 35,709 MT, of which about 80 percent are made up of…

Harvesting of the 2001 cereal and pulse crops is about to start. Prospects for a good cereal crop in 2001 were somewhat dampened following below normal rains in September which are important for crops at flowering and seed setting…

Harvesting of the 2001 cereal and pulse crops will start in the coming few weeks. Cumulative main season rains from June have been normal to above normal in main cereal growing areas. Output from the current agricultural season is…

Record response time Earthquake in Peru - first use of new primary urgency procedure The European Commission, through its Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), responded quickly to the overnight news of the earthquake that shook southern Peru on 23 June. Following contacts with…