Places you should’t miss visiting in Ethiopia

COMPLIED BY LEULSEGED WORKU  Ethiopia is the “Land of Thirteen Months”. It’s a magical country with ancient and spiritual roots, rich in significant religious history that has a fabulous story to tell.... Read more »

Enset: Drought resistant, auspicious input for food security

BY TSEGAYE TILAHUN  The plant has historically been ascribed as a tree against hunger, due to domesticated plants having important attributes that support the food security of citizens. Its role was evident... Read more »

Right measure to improve agricultural productivity

BY MENGESHA AMARE  Needless to state, agriculture in Ethiopia has always been the mainstay of the economy. However, as the sector has not yet been received the right form of policy and... Read more »

Monasteries on Lake Tana

COMPILED BY STAFF REPORTER Ethiopia has a number of unexplored sites which are stunning and have greater cultural, historical, religious and economic significance. The monasteries that are located on Lake Tana and... Read more »

Biotechnology to alleviate environmental risks

BY HENOK TIBEBU Poverty is one of the critical challenges the world is facing. Rapid population growth, unemployment, and climate change are just a few of them which deepen poverty. Ethiopia is... Read more »

Micro-insurance in mitigating uncertainty in agricultural production

BY HIZKEL HAILU To fight poverty and improve productivity, small-scale farmers who are facing financial constraints and trapped in a subsistence way of living should be integrated into the market. To realize... Read more »

Realizing promise to flicker the light of knowledge

COMPILED BY YOHANES JEMANEH It was on 7 August 2020 that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed handed over a cheque with an amount of 110.7 million Birr to First Lady Zinash Tayachew for... Read more »

COP26 president views on Ethiopia, Gabon climate adaptation action

BY DIRRIBA TESHOME Action on adaptation is of paramount to foster climate change resilience. As the COP26 Climate Conference President Designate has recently highlighted in his first foreign visit since his full... Read more »

Ethiopia’s economic development aspiration for the coming 10 years

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS For the last three decades, various economic development plans were implemented by the government including the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program as well as the first and second... Read more »

Awramba: A community with unique cultural values

BY STAFF REPORTER In the northwest of Ethiopia, a community of around 500 people founded by a once labeled “crazy” man, Zumra Nuru Mohammed, exists. Unlike most of the communities in Ethiopia,... Read more »