As the first light of the morning sun breaks over the hills of Konso, Kawadaya Oldisha, 45, begins his daily routine of ...

The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ... In other cases, cattle and crops were confiscated as a military strategy. These measures degraded communities, making them vulnerable when drought struck.

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced its commitment to prioritize digital agriculture, with plans to begin ...

America’s Department of Agriculture (USDA), which uses satellite imagery for its analysis, estimates that Ethiopia produced 5.8mn tonnes of wheat in 2022-23, a figure also used by the FAO.

Yet it remains one of the world’s least developed countries. Ethiopia’s economy is dependent on agriculture, which contributes 45 percent of the GDP and 90 percent of exports. However, just five ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) responded to questions raised by members of House of People's Representatives recently on various issues. Regarding economy, he recalled that the government has ...

These forest patches, surrounded by agricultural crops, provide refugia habitat for the grivet monkey. We randomly surveyed 50 villagers living near the Batiero Church Forest, a 45-ha forest patch ...

In 2002, Ethiopia drew up a Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program (SDPRP) that targets economic growth averaging 7 percent a year in order to halve income poverty by 2015. The strategy ...

rodents and other pests in southern Ethiopia. Farmers can buy the subsidized silos under a UN scheme, which also creates jobs for metalworkers. Some 30% of crops are lost post-harvest there.

Reforestation efforts in Ethiopia have planted monocultures of eucalyptus, which need much more water than indigenous trees. Forest biodiversity is important for agriculture because many of the ...