Dilemma of edible oil supply and environmental protection due to palm oil deforestation

BY GETACHEW MINAS Major palm oil deforesters are usually sheltered suspects, whose hidden, veiled and concealed operations are difficult to trace. The latest report by H. N. Jong revealed that these offenders... Read more »

Road sector development and economic growth in Ethiopia

BY GETACHEW MINAS The stock of road networks is growing to support economic development and growth. The Ethiopian government has spent a substantial amount of fund for road development. Development partners have... Read more »

Capitalizing on TVET, for national prosperity

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME It is clear that skills development and trainings are central pillars to increase the rate of employability and join the world of work. Weighing this, the government has been... Read more »

Removing constraints to benefit more from opal gemstone mining

BY GETACHEW MINAS Studies indicate that opal was first discovered in Ethiopia in the mid-1990s. These opals were initially found to be of low quality as compared to the Australian opal, which... Read more »

Turkey’s relations with Ethiopia based on partnership: Turkish FM

Ankara’s relations with “brotherly Ethiopia with which it has strong historical ties” and other African countries are based on partnership, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu highlighted on Monday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony... Read more »

Bringing efficiency in project implementation performance

ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS While public projects are planned and accomplished by the government, the money allocated for these projects are derived from taxpayers and development partners. Experiences showed that due to corruption, mismanagement,... Read more »

Unexplored cultural, historical, and natural values

COMPILED BY STAFF REPORTER In the southern part of Ethiopia, (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ State) around the Omo Valley, people that have their own unique cultural values and norms reside. In... Read more »

SCP and circular economies to augment safe, secure environment for all

BY DIRRIBA TESHOME The World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 on ‘Redefining our Common Future: Safe and Secure Environment for All’ facilitated by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was held recently under... Read more »

Replicating best practices in agro-industry

BY MENGESHA AMARE Ethiopia is employing a variety of strategies to advance its economic growth and overall structural transformation. Industrial-led agriculture is around the corner as the country is relentlessly working to... Read more »

Pruning to boost coffee production, heals forest

BY BAHIRU SETEGNE It is crystal clear that Ethiopia is the origin of coffee beans especially coffee Arabica. Of course, coffee had taken a lion share regarding to export commodities for earning... Read more »