Onaforo and Sesewe micro-dams playing vital role in ensuring food security

Onaforo and Sesewe mirco-dams in Mai-Aini sub-zone are playing vital role in achieving food security including boosting fruits and vegetables production.

Mai-Aini, 15 August 2011 – Onaforo and Sesewe mirco-dams in Mai-Aini sub-zone are playing vital role in achieving food security including boosting fruits and vegetables production. The micro-dams with a capacity of holding 2 million cubic waters can put under cultivation 250 hectares, and have provided added impetus to the on-going development activities in the area.

Mr. Mihreteab Berhe, expert of soil and water conservation in the sub-zone, explained that the number of farmers engaged in fruits and a vegetable farming has increased as a result of the strenuous endeavors made to encourage the inhabitants to utilize the impounded water resource.

Mr. Berhane Gebremichael also said that the farming communities in the sub-zone have managed to export their products to Asmara and Dekemhare, beyond meeting local demand.