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07 July 2014 News Round-Up
. Ethiopia PM cites major shift from Egypt on Nile dam . Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi (L) is welcomed by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (2nd R) upon his arrival at the Kahrtoum...
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Bill Gates backs innovation to improve dairy supply chain in Africa
. Bill Gates is helping to improve Africa’s dairy supply chains by assisting SME farmers to maximise the quality and quantity of milk they are able to sell. Bill Gates is supporting an initiative to...
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Closing Africa’s Yield Gap: Improving Fertilizer Access for Smallholders
. In this guest post, Richard Mkandawire, Vice President of the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) calls on African leaders to fulfil the 2006 Abuja Declaration that pledged to...
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08 July 2014 Development News Briefs
. Europeans finance the Awash – Weldya railway project . Seven financial institutions along with the Ministry of Finance and Economy Development (MoFED) and the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) are...
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Sesame is Big Business in Ethiopia: Growing Sorghum in Rotation with Sesame...
. Ethiopia is the world’s second largest exporter of sesame – exports are currently U.S. $300 million per year and expected to increase to $500 million in the next two years. Ethiopian sesame farms...
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15 July 2014 News Round-Up
New report forecasts drought in the Horn of Africa . Speed read A new report says reduced moisture could lead to drought in the Horn of Africa The drought could hamper the harvests of main cereal crops...
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Ethiopia’s tef tops the agricultural agenda .
By Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa . Rising prices mean some communities who harvest tef can no longer afford to eat it. Photo©Christophe Boisvieux/Hemis/Corbis A programme to improve production in...
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OECD and FAO see lower farm prices – livestock and biofuels outpacing crop...
. Cereals are still at the core of what people eat, but diets are becoming higher in protein, fats and sugar in many parts of the world as incomes rise and urbanisation increases – Special focus on...
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China outflanks Western investors
. China has acted quickly to finance two multibillion-dollar tenders in Kenya and construction of a multitude of others. While this has angered other international and local investors, they have been...
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Project gives farmers unlimited access to patent free seeds
. Written by Bob Koigi for Farmbizafrica Farmers and breeders can now have unlimited access to high yielding seed varieties that were traditionally a preserve of big seed companies thanks to an...
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Ethiopia is a country in demand
. By Zeleke Tesfaye Tigrai Onlne – July 14, 2014 Recently our country hosted two of our world’s super power countries’ high level delegation in a span of one week – American and china. In American...
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RISK MATTERS: Is Multilateralism the Way Out?
Michel Wormser, vice president and chief operations officer (COO) of the Agency came to Ethiopia last week. One of the five agencies of the World Bank Group, a multilateral financial institution,...
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Building food security in Ethiopia
Fatuma Ahmed (pictured above, on the right) a pastoralist in Ethiopia’s Afar region, where women are seen and not heard . By Jaspreet Kindra . AFAR (NORTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA) , 18 July 2014 (IRIN) –...
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19 July 2014 Economic News
. New Nile Petroleum Company Headquarters in Ethiopia . Nile Petroleum Company announced that new headquarters of the company will be inaugurated soon in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The...
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Ethiopia – Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette
. Facts and Statistics . Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia Capital: Addis Ababa Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation Population: 82,544,840 (July 2008 est.) Ethnic...
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IFAD – Two Stories Over Coffee
. Introducing new technology for small scale coffee growers . . Thanks to its ideal climate in the high plateaux of Eastern Africa, Ethiopia is producing some of the best coffee in the world with...
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20 July 2014 News Briefs
Tired soils put future food availability at risk The increasing degradation of earth’s peak soil through over cultivation and nutrient mining is putting pressure on food production with researchers...
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21 July 2014 News Round-Up
. Economic development in Ethiopia very impressive: UK Ambassador . UK Ambassador to Ethiopia Greg Dorey said the consecutive economic development registered in Ethiopia over the past years is “very...
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Ethiopia Becomes China’s China in Search for Cheap Labor
. Ethiopian employees work inside the Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa . By Kevin Hamlin, Ilya Gridneff and William Davison Jul 22, 2014 Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of...
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22 July 2014 News Round-Up (UPDATED)
. World Bank Urges Ethiopia to Devalue Birr to Boost Exports By William Davison Jul 22, 2014 Ethiopia’s birr is overvalued and the country would benefit from a...
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