Companies to setup $2 billion bamboo processing in Ethiopia

Two Chinese companies have concluded a deal with Ethiopian government to invest a total of $2 billion to process Ethiopia’s bamboo and produce paper products for supplying both local and export market... Read more »

Giving the kiss of life to cardiac center

Ethiopia is to build national cardiac center at a cost of 40 million Euros on the premises of the black lion specialized hospital with financial assistance from the government of the Netherlands.... Read more »

Meeting the rising demand of select seeds

Employing new technologies is preferable for increasing crop productivity. The experience of other countries shows that based on scientific research producing new technologies and introducing it to farmers is helpful. Currently, the... Read more »

“Getting agriculture moving”: A stage of renaissance for Ethiopian Agriculture

Ethiopia is endowed with rich natural resources, a plenty of water, soil and other suitable agro-ecological conditions even labors;however, Ethiopia’s agricultural production has for long remained under the expected. Once upon a... Read more »

Mitigating climate change impacts needs persistence

The impact of climate change has already been clearly felt both in urban and rural communities as it has become an inevitable unfolding due to various reasons including the ever expansion of... Read more »

Dry ports oiling import-export businesses

Import-export businesses in Ethiopia saw tough time due to congestion at sea port in neighboring Djibouti. As a way out of this, the country has started developing dry ports in areas either... Read more »

Assisting the destitute 

Voluntary organizations play a crucial role in the socio-economic development of a country. In Ethiopia, there are numerous non-governmental and nonprofit development organizations. Many are aiming at helping and providing support for... Read more »

Withstanding the impacts of drought,man-made disaster

Ethiopia is a country affected by the recurrent drought. However, the country has been responding to such a daunting phenomenon by establishing National Disaster Risk Management Commission. Unless things are out of... Read more »

Agricultural mechanization,strategy to ensure food security

Despite the big potential of agriculture in Ethiopia, the low level of engineering technology input in the sector has been one of the main constraints hindering the modernization of the country’s agriculture... Read more »

Crop diversification for better benefits of farmers

Agricultural diversification plays central roles in improving food security generating non-farm employment and promoting economic transformation and structural changes, researches indicate. For Ethiopia, the topic has special implications. Almost all major policy... Read more »