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20 December 2013 News Briefs
. China offers scholarship for 50 Ethiopian university students ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 19 — The Chinese government through its Embassy in Ethiopia on Thursday offered scholarship for about 50 students of...
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Ethiopia’s Course of Development in the Eyes of Mark Lowcock
Last week, Mark Lowcock, the Permanent Secretary of the UK Department for International Development delivered a public lecture at Addis Ababa University at the Faculty of Business and Economics. The...
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Hopes of tomorrow
Ethiopian Technological Ingenuity Features In 5th National Cities Week Written by SOLOMON GEBRE-MEDHIN The 5th National Cities Week which was held in Bahir Dar a few weeks ago proved to be a...
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23 December 2013 News Review
. Ministry to Confer With Mining Companies The Ministry of Mines is to confer with mining companies engaged in the exploration and production of minerals on the overall performance of the mining...
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Irony of eastern Africa: As countries get wealthier, more people rated poor
By Antonio Pedro Given the difficult global context, the continued resilience of economic growth in the Eastern Africa region over the past few years has been quite remarkable....
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26 December 2013 News Round Up
. Revenue of horticulture export increasing Amount of revenue Ethiopia is securing from the horticulture sector is increasing year by year, the Ethiopian Horticulture Producers and Exporters...
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Input supply critical to enhancing agricultural productivity
Bisheftu-Alema FSC supplies different agricultural inputs (pictured, above) Timely and reliable agricultural input supply service has a critical impact on improving smallholders productivity in...
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Feeding population vs market integration
Feeding a growing global population and improving the management of natural resources are two of the most urgent challenges mankind is currently facing. Agricultural markets, seed systems and crop...
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29 December 2013 News Round Up
Temesgen M. Bitew and Tolosa Shagi (pictured) North Holdings to build cement factory An Ethio-American company based in the US, North Holdings Investment Inc., is to build a new...
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Multinationals carving up Africa for food
December 30, 2013 Big multinationals are staging a land grab, dispossessing farmers and stirring up political turmoil, writes Richard Schiffman. A gold rush is happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a...
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30 December 2013 Development News
. First phase of Bole Lemi Industry zone completed Ministry of Industry (MoI) said Bole Lemi Industry Zone development has reached first phase. According to Melaku Taye, corporate communication...
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Sericulture for stimulating rural employment, industrial growth
. Ethiopia is best known in agriculture. Its over all climate is also conducive to expand sericulture as a major agro-industry. Moreover factors of production like land, labour and skills is forefront...
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More money needed for Africa’s agriculture sector
. - Ethiopia however is an exceptional performer in meeting it’s MDG commitments in this and many other regards Africa’s low budget allocation for agriculture does not seem to recognize that most of...
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31 December 2013 News Briefs
. Debate on Ethiopia‘s irrigation agriculture By Andualem Sisay In a sunny midday some 200 kilometers south east of the capital Addis Ababa, Huruta Dore town young motorbikes blow dust running up and...
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Small rivers bringing new hopes; sustainability remains a concern
“I still regret the year I wasted in search of a job in Addis. I was simply being naïve,” says Simachew Kefe, a farmer, in Yetnora kebele of Dejen Woreda, in East Gojjam Zone blaming himself for...
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Simple, Cheap Health Remedies Cut Child Mortality In Ethiopia
Almaz Acha sits with her baby Alentse at her home in the rural community of Sadoye, in southern Ethiopia. Families in rural communities, like this one, have benefited from Ethiopia’s health extension...
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(Updated) 04 January 2014 News Briefs
. AAU’s Technology Institute to Management Coal Phosphate Fertilizer Complex Project The state-owned Chemical Industry Corporation awarded management and administration consultancy service contract of...
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African agriculture needs trade not aid
. Food security needs Africa to move from aid-dependent fixes to profitable trade-driven agriculture, says David Bennett. . SciDev.Net’s recent Spotlight Ensuring food security for the future featured...
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Africa’s quiet agricultural revolution
By Margaret McMillan Africa’s current growth has sparked a heated debate over its sources and sustainability. Some argue that growth across Africa is fundamentally a result of rising commodity prices...
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07 January 2014 News Round Up
. Dr. Tedros held discussion with China’s Foreign Minister Starting his five-day tour to Africa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, arrived Ethiopia today (January...
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