Agriculture
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News: Ministry discovers significant fertilizer stockpile in Addis Abeba amid dire shortage, takes swift action
Fertilizer stockpiled in a warehouse and loaded on more than 20 trucks (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture/Facebook) Addis Abeba – During unexpected…
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News: Insecurity, reduced access to inputs cause alarming low plantation rate in Ethiopia’s Meher dependent areas
Farmers till the soil in Amhara regional state. Photo: AMC Addis Abeba – A new report by the UNOCHA revealed…
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News: Ethiopia accelerates preparation of ambitious irrigation roadmap
Aisha Mohammed, Minister of Irrigation and Lowlands (right), and Worknesh Mekonnen, the UNOPS representative to the African Union, signed the…
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News Analysis: Amid absence of desert locusts, Ethiopia grapples with other pest threats, tree locusts and African Armyworm pose major concern
Addis Abeba – The Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) recently reported that, contrary to expectations, there has…
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Viewpoint: Why Again, and Again? The Humanitarian Emergency in Borana
3.3 million livestock have perished over the last three years in Borana (Photo: Dawie Tola) By Dawie Tola Borana, Oromia…
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Analysis: Farmers endure market sabotage, inflation and price disorientation as government wheat export story takes news headlines by storm
A-farmer inspecting his wheat crop in Assasa-Ardaita area, Oromia ©Addis-Standard By Getahun Legesse @Birmaduu2 Bale, Robe (Oromia)– For outside onlookers,…
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News: Ethiopia ends import of diesel-powered water pumps in favor of solar, other green energy options
Solar pump installation at Malima Bari peasant association of Bora district, East Shoa zone ( Photo Credit: ILRI\ Amenti Chali)…
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News: Locust swarms in three districts of Northwestern Tigray threaten farmers reeling from war impacts
Desert Locust (Picture:FAO) Addis Abeba – Tigray’s Agriculture Bureau has said that locust swarms are threatening the livelihoods of farmers…
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Analysis: Amid soaring price and chronic shortage, Ethiopia’s staple grain becomes latest political boiling point
Addis Abeba city administration is supplying Teff through consumer associations (Picture: Mayor office of Addis Abeba/Facebook) By Natnael Fite @NatieFit…
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