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- Tsetse Fly Free Zone for Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia
Tsetse Fly Free Zone for Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 02.12.2003 |
Signed | 04.02.2004 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Organization | IAEA |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.20 |
The goal of this project was to eradicate tsetse flies in a target area of 10,500 square kilometer located in a heavily infested zone in the Southern Rift Valley. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) was adopted in the eradication process.