'Eritrea is Having a Bumper Harvest This Year' - Eritrean Official

Eritrea is having a bumper harvest this year. Photo credit: Ambassador Estifanos

'Eritrea is Having a Bumper Harvest This Year' - Eritrean Official 

A month after International Food Policy Research Institute ranked Eritrea second among countries with alarming levels of food insecurity in its annual Global Hunger Index, the facts on the ground have proven to be otherwise.

Yesterday, a senior Eritrean official ended their speculation after announcing Eritrea is having a bumper harvest this year:

"Eritrea is having a bumper harvest this year as sustained investment in agriculture and food security begins to pay off."

The news comes as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN said that production prospects in main agricultural areas of Debub, Maekel, Gash Barka and Anseba zobas are "favorable".

Moreover, Eritrean professionals working in the country have also been reporting via twitter that the country is experiencing a bumper harvest.

A bumper crop this yr in #Eritrea & installation of brand new PV powered Grain mill in Village Seb'A, Emni-Haili area pic.twitter.com/h3r70PIb7n
— Russom Semere (@EriSolar1) November 16, 2014

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