The Ethiopian government plans to set up 5 big clusters of horticulture farms to help shift the focus of the sector to export-oriented productivity. Deputy Ethiopian Investment Commissioner Belachew Mekuria said the plan entails setting up horticultural farm parks in selected areas that have access to one-stop export processing services…
An ambitious programme to farm apples in Ethiopia has been set back by diseases and pests. The worst affected was the Tigray region, where farmers were earning substantial income from apple production. According to the Tigray Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), the spread of diseases was largely to lack of knowledge…
The Ethiopian government has launched a national management strategy to reduce post-harvest losses of agricultural produce to 5% by 2020. The 5-year strategy by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is meant to reduce post-harvest losses from between 15% and 20%. The Director General for Agricultural Extension in the…
Ethiopia obtained a loan worth US$170 million from the World Bank to increase farmer productivity and income. According to a World Bank media release the Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development project will aid 1.2 million farm households that depend on livestock and fisheries to earn more income. The credit facility…
The Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) says it will establish 17 more agro-industrial parks across the country by 2025. The aim is to increase capacity utilisation and export earnings from the agricultural sector. Currently, Ethiopia has 14 agro-industrial parks that were established through government investments of up to US$2.5 billion, mainly…
Ethiopian farmers have suffered severe harvest and livestock losses due to harsh rains and climate extremes. A United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report released in August 2017 states that roughly 8.5 million Ethiopians required food aid in the second half of the year. According to the Thomas Reuters…
