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Optimizing Genetic Diversity Of Wild Chickpea Species Boosts Nutrition And...
UC Davis researcher Doug Cook and Asnake Fikre of the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (pictured, above) examine a chickpea field in Ethiopia. . A new research effort in Ethiopia seeks to...
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26 February 2014 News Round Up
. Unilever, IKEA to set up factories in Ethiopia Unilever a multi-national consumer goods company and IKEA the world’s largest furniture retailer are going to set up factories in Ethiopia, Capital...
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Empowering the Countryside
. David Rhody is the East African Director of the Canadian Hunger Foundation. A non-profit organization dedicated to helping poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable...
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Export Paralysis: Major Commodities Lose Traction As Earnings Dwindle
. By BINYAM ALEMAYEHU The international market has continued to witness a sustained downward trend in the price of coffee, Ethiopia’s flagship export item, for nearly three years now. Figures from...
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The need to enhance national, international competitiveness
. Organizing national, continental and international trade fair events are matchless in bringing manufacturers and traders from Ethiopia and abroad together to initiate business linkages. To this...
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Canada’s Allana Potash mulls TASE listing
. Allana will go on a road show among major Israeli investment institutions, including Migdal. . Sources inform ”Globes” that executives of Canada’s Allana Potash Corporation (TSX: AAA) are due in...
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The Ethiopian Approach to Food Security
. How one African country is changing how we feed the world. . By Khalid Bomba & Dan Glickman . Last year, a bipartisan group of 23 members of Congress, hosted by the Aspen Institute, travelled to...
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Why Coffee Futures Could Keep Going Up
. Coffee futures spiked big in recent months mainly on back of the news that Brazil’s production could fall. The following comes from the International Coffee Organization’s Monthly Report, located...
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28 February 2014 News Round Up
. Ethiopia Drafts New Mining Policy to Empower Private Sector . Ethiopia’s Mining Ministry has said it has drafted a new mining policy that will give the private sector more leeway to operate. “The...
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Ethiopia plans to tap groundwater as climate defence
. Author: E.G.Woldegebriel Residents of Hamad-Ile pump water from a well in the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia, April 21, 2013. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest and harshest...
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Treading a new path: Growing Ethiopia’s factory floors
. At 6:45am the first bus halts outside the main gates of the Eastern Industry Zone. The doors clang open. Bleary-eyed young men and women begin to emerge and brace themselves against the chilly...
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Private equity firm explains why it is backing the East African growth story
. “The macro story in East Africa echoes that of Africa, but more so and that makes it a relatively more attractive region,” says Catalyst Principal Partners managing director Rajal Upadhyaya. Catalyst...
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01 March 2014 Ethiopian Development News
. Power generation projects being accelerated to realize GTP goal . Gibe III Hydro-power project is 82 per cent complete . The Ethiopian Electric Power said that the construction of Ethiopian Grand...
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Ethiopia’s teff grain set to be world’s next ‘super‑food’
. By Jenny Vaughan Under a searing midday sun, a herd of cattle circles atop a pile of golden teff, thrashing the wheat-like grain, a method that has been practised by Ethiopian farmers for centuries....
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03 March 2014 News Briefs
. Addis Light Rail Transit Project passes halfway mark . . Addis Ababa’s Electrified Light Rail Transit project has passed the halfway mark with 56 per cent of the project completed, said the Ethiopian...
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Why Agribusiness Matters
. Africa’s economic performance over the last decade has been remarkable, having reached an average growth of five percent. If this growth is maintained, projections indicate that Africa’s gross...
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05 March 2014 News Round Up
. Ethiopia, Israel in agricultural talks . ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture Teferra Derbew on Wednesday held talks with visiting Israeli Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir. The talks...
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – A Symbol Of Regional Integration
. VENTURES AFRICA – Ethiopia has always been the major contributor of the Nile, with its Blue Nile feeding the rainfall from the Ethiopian Highlands to the wider Nile downstream. Since the Government...
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06 March 2014 News Update
. Allana Potash opening Ethiopian mine in the hottest place on Earth . Keeping costs low is key amid potash price slump . Mar 6, 2014 Stephanie Findlay A highway under construction in Ethiopia’s...
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(Updated) 09 March 2014 News Round Up
. Unilever Plans Manufacturing Plant in Ethiopia as Growth Surges . By William Davison March 09, 2014 Unilever (UNA), the world’s second-biggest consumer-products maker, plans to open a manufacturing...
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