Ethiopia
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Ethiopia.
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Locust plague devastates crops in Horn of Africa
Ethiopian farmer Ahmed Ibrahim batted empty water bottles at a swarm of desert locusts the size of his palms that…
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Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day to combat drought
Ethiopians planted 353 million trees in 12 hours, part of a 4 billion tree-planting campaign to fight deforestation and climate…
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Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
After farmer Manza Bulacho’s crops were wiped out in a drought that devastated parts of Ethiopia in 2017, the father…
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Uganda and Ethiopia coffee exports dip
Uganda and Ethiopia, Africa’s leading coffee exporters suffered a decline in shipment in the first four months of the coffee…
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done
Africa’s longest river, the Nile runs through 11 countries. One of them is Ethiopia which contributes about 85% of the…
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The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
On a bustling street near the shiny new international airport in Ethiopia’s capital is a small coffee roastery with big…
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Fall army worm war gets Sh812 million
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) will receive 7 million euros assistance to combat the Fall army…
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Ethiopia and Rwanda lead on agriculture political will
A new report on the status of African Agriculture by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has singled…
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