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26 October 2021
Addis Ababa - Cash and vouchers play a critical role in FAO’s response to shocks and crises when farmers, pastoralists, and fishers can no longer buy food or the productive inputs they need. Between 2020 and 2021, FAO is reaching about 125 000 households affected by desert locusts, drought, COVID- 19, and...
Addis Ababa - Cash and vouchers play a critical role in FAO’s response to shocks and crises when farmers, pastoralists, and fishers can no longer buy food or the productive inputs they need. Between 2020 and 2021, FAO is reaching about 125 000 households affected by desert locusts, drought, COVID- 19, and...
20 October 2021
Bahir Dar - As the blazing midmorning sun shone relentlessly on the vast rice fields in Fogera Woreda, Amhara regional state, a group of farmers gathered around a model site to start their discovery-based learning lesson. The 25 farmers are members of an Aquaculture Field School (AFS) piloting rice-fish integrated farming....
Bahir Dar - As the blazing midmorning sun shone relentlessly on the vast rice fields in Fogera Woreda, Amhara regional state, a group of farmers gathered around a model site to start their discovery-based learning lesson. The 25 farmers are members of an Aquaculture Field School (AFS) piloting rice-fish integrated farming....
16 October 2021
Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Agriculture, FAO, and WFP JOINT WORLD FOOD DAY, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Addis Ababa – During World Food Day 2021 commemoration today, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Programme (WFP) called for renewed collective action as Ethiopia races to defeat hunger...
Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Agriculture, FAO, and WFP JOINT WORLD FOOD DAY, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Addis Ababa – During World Food Day 2021 commemoration today, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Programme (WFP) called for renewed collective action as Ethiopia races to defeat hunger...
06 October 2021
Addis Ababa - Bogale Borena, a 50-year old father of six, recently set up an avocado nursery with the capacity to produce 40 000 grafted seedlings. Now employing 14 young people, Bogale’s nursery is an example of how inclusive agricultural value chains can boost youth employment and farmers’ incomes, contributing to...
Addis Ababa - Bogale Borena, a 50-year old father of six, recently set up an avocado nursery with the capacity to produce 40 000 grafted seedlings. Now employing 14 young people, Bogale’s nursery is an example of how inclusive agricultural value chains can boost youth employment and farmers’ incomes, contributing to...
28 September 2021
Addis Ababa - On September 23, 2021, Ethiopia was among the 130 countries that expressed their commitment to transforming the national food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. H.E. Ato Omer Hussein, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture presented the country’s vision at the historic United Nations (UN) Food...
Addis Ababa - On September 23, 2021, Ethiopia was among the 130 countries that expressed their commitment to transforming the national food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. H.E. Ato Omer Hussein, Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture presented the country’s vision at the historic United Nations (UN) Food...
