Women in Arbaminch spearheading in Silkworm farming

Mulunesh Ana is a resident of the Gamo Zone of SNNP State. She is one among many women who first engaged in silkworm production. In the beginning, some women were used to... Read more »

Developing countries owe rich countries more to climate equity than just money

The impacts of climate change will not be borne equally or fairly, between rich and poor, women and men, and older and younger generations, says UN. Consequently, there has been a growing... Read more »

Preempting upcoming swarms of desert locus in Horn of Africa

During the last couple of years, agriculture in the horn of Africa has suffered a lot from unprecedented level of desert locust infestation. While the damage sustained so far is formidable, preventing... Read more »

Harnessing Ethiopia’s untapped honey production potential

What makes honey unique in Ethiopia is that it is harvested from the vast forests of South and South East Ethiopia as well as massively produced as part of the country’s apiculture.... Read more »

Ethiopia’s untapped potential of geothermal energy

Historically, geothermal development begun in the early seventies and continued during the eighties and nineties leading to surface investigations, wells and test drilling in selected sites. The government established the first pilot... Read more »

Ethiopia’s untapped natural resource of bamboo forest

Ethiopia has one of the largest bamboo resource potential in the world. However, it is hard to conclude that the country has been getting benefit as per the potential it has. As... Read more »

How to restore nature for the future generation

BY DIRRIBA TESHOME Although the planet earth is providing all human kinds whatever they need from it, the supplier earth needs help. The climate emergency, the loss of nature and deadly pollution... Read more »

Promising steps to global efforts of reducing greenhouse gas emission

BY STAFF REPORTER Through the application of market, technology and policy drivers, the United States has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade. Although the new administration will likely... Read more »

How a mega-dam like GERD can boost public health in developing countries

BY HAFTU GEBREZGABIHER The Ethiopian mega-dam that has been constructed in the lower gorge of the Abay (Nile) river basin for a decade is nearing completion despite the freshwater deadlock with the... Read more »

Global responses on mother earth’s “unprecedented wakeup call”

 BY ZEKARIAS WOLDEMARIAM In recent years more and more reasons are coming to the arena causing a lot of suffering to Mother Earth. Among other things, the factors causing the earth’s suffering... Read more »