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Food Security

News: ATA teams up with partners to deliver Livestock, COVID-19 information to farmers
Addis Abeba, December 30/2020 – The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ethio Telecom and Ethiopian Public Health Institute, has incorporated and deployed livestock advisory and COVID 19 health advisory contents on its 8028 Farmers Hotline. The new contents are currently available in …

News: IOM, partners provide relief to people affected by the crisis in northern Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, December 18/2020 – Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and conflict-affected communities are in dire need of humanitarian and recovery assistance after weeks of conflict in the northern Ethiopian regional state of Tigray. The scale-up of relief operations in Amhara follows the agreement for unimpeded humanitarian access that was reached …

Analysis: Business not as usual: Five problems for pastoralists caused by Ethiopia’s new currency rules
‘The rulers in Showa [Borana pastoralists term for people in the capital Addis] love consuming meat but do not recognize where it comes from and how their actions [policies/regulations] impact pastoralists’ (A livestock trader in Dubluq livestock market in Borana). By Masresha Taye – Gayo @Masresha09 Addis Abeba, December 16/2020 – On the …