Issues to consider as the African Union readies a new era of agriculture investments
Agnes Kalibata
The end of 2014 brought the conclusion of the African Union’s Year of Agriculture and Food Security. But most Africans work in some aspect of agriculture, and for them, every year is dedicated to agriculture and food security.
Hone Mandefro and Morten Jerven
A recent report by the World Bank (WB) declared that poverty in Ethiopia is down by 33% since 2000. It attributed the reduction to agricultural growth investments in basic services and effective safety net. “The pace of poverty reduction in Ethiopia has been impressive, especially when compared with other African countries; only Uganda has had higher annual poverty reduction during the same period,” the Bank said in a statement.
Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr Debretsion Gebremichael joined Chief Executive of Diageo Plc., Ivan Menezes, to inaugurate Meta Abo Brewery’s $119m USD expansion in Sebeta on Wednesday Feb. 25th 2015. The expansion brings Diageo’s investment to a US$344
