East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea

Located in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea. The country has varied topography, rainfall, and climate, with altitude ranging from 60 to more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea’s total population is about 5.27 million people, of whom 50–60 percent live in highla...

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Autores principales: Ghebru, Bissrat, Araia, Woldeamlak, Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie, Gebreselassie, Menghisteab, Thomas, Timothy S.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154077
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author Ghebru, Bissrat
Araia, Woldeamlak
Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie
Gebreselassie, Menghisteab
Thomas, Timothy S.
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Gebreselassie, Menghisteab
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Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie
Thomas, Timothy S.
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description Located in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea. The country has varied topography, rainfall, and climate, with altitude ranging from 60 to more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea’s total population is about 5.27 million people, of whom 50–60 percent live in highlands that comprise only about 10 percent of the country’s total area. Agriculture is still an important sector for Eritrea, employing about half of the population and producing about 20 percent of GDP. Eritrea has several agricultural systems: rainfed cereal and pulses; semi-commercial and periurban agriculture; small-scale irrigated horticulture; commercial farming; agropastoral rainfed farming; and agropastoral spate irrigation systems. The major food crops grown in Eritrea are sorghum, millet and barley.
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spelling CGSpace1540772025-11-06T06:36:19Z East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea Ghebru, Bissrat Araia, Woldeamlak Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie Gebreselassie, Menghisteab Thomas, Timothy S. crops climate change agriculture food security economic development agricultural development sustainability resource management agricultural policies Located in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea. The country has varied topography, rainfall, and climate, with altitude ranging from 60 to more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea’s total population is about 5.27 million people, of whom 50–60 percent live in highlands that comprise only about 10 percent of the country’s total area. Agriculture is still an important sector for Eritrea, employing about half of the population and producing about 20 percent of GDP. Eritrea has several agricultural systems: rainfed cereal and pulses; semi-commercial and periurban agriculture; small-scale irrigated horticulture; commercial farming; agropastoral rainfed farming; and agropastoral spate irrigation systems. The major food crops grown in Eritrea are sorghum, millet and barley. 2012 2024-10-01T13:59:20Z 2024-10-01T13:59:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154077 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ghebru, Bissrat; Araia, Woldeamlak; Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie; Gebreselassie, Menghisteab; Thomas, Timothy S. 2012. East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154077
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climate change
agriculture
food security
economic development
agricultural development
sustainability
resource management
agricultural policies
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Araia, Woldeamlak
Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie
Gebreselassie, Menghisteab
Thomas, Timothy S.
East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea
title East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea
title_full East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea
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title_short East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Eritrea
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climate change
agriculture
food security
economic development
agricultural development
sustainability
resource management
agricultural policies
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