Ethiopia’s tree-planting as part of the bigger battle to mitigate climate change

Ethiopia’s highly climate-sensitive economy and low adaptive capacity make it among the most vulnerable to climate change. Furthermore, the intersection of land management, rights, and use is a key development issue for... Read more »

TVET towards producing skillful human power

In recognition of the critical role it played in emerging economies, the Ethiopian government has been pronouncing the importance of TVET to implement growth and transformation plan and invested significant financial and... Read more »

Reducing unemployment burden: A timely wake up call

Since the past two decades, Africa’s economies are growing steadily at faster rate than almost any other countries of the world. At least a dozen have expanded by more than six percent... Read more »

“We have a lot of focus in Ethiopia where we will continue working very closely with the government to improve the livelihood of farmers,”

Mel Oluoch (PhD) is currently leading Sasakawa Africa Association as a regional director based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eleven months have elapsed since he took the position. Besides having a lot of... Read more »

Reclaiming Mt. Choke to its former status

As the main source of tributaries of the world’s longest river Nile, 59 other local rivers and more than 273 streams, Mount Choke is given a nickname “The Water Tower.” It is... Read more »

Improved seedlings replacing old coffee trees

Ethiopia is the origin of coffee Arabica. Around 15 million Ethiopian farmers (16 percent of the population), earn a living from a coffee farm, as various sources show. The coffee trees in... Read more »

Thriving Ethio-China agricultural cooperation

Technology and education are among the main instruments to upsurge the product and productivity of agriculture. Over the last years, Ethiopia has attempted to integrate farmers’ local knowledge with modern practices—the assistances... Read more »

Soil map for soil fertility

Recently, the Agricultural Trans formation Agency (ATA) organized a workshop to discuss the implementation of its project, Ethiopian Soil Information System (EthioSIS) with stakeholders. While 95 percent of the project has been... Read more »

Promoting domestic, foreign investors in the leather industry

Over the past 11 months, Ethiopia has earned 110 million USD from the export of leather and leather products. On the other hand, this is just a small portion of the overall... Read more »

Vital data to tap untapped resources

Ethiopia has a wide variety of mineral resources including gold, silver, iron-ore and various types of precious stones. It also produces industrial minerals such as gemstones granite gypsum, as well as a... Read more »