ADDIS ABABA – Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) disclosed that Ethiopia is playing an ideal role in agricultural sector thereby ensuring food security and significantly contributing to global poverty reduction.
The country is now hosting the three-day World Without Hunger Conference, a testament of its ideal role in agriculture sector to ensure food security and reduce global poverty. Ethiopia’s agricultural reforms are significantly driving the economy and the nation is playing an exemplary role in ensuring food security, showcasing its capacity to lead the region toward a more secure and self-reliant future.
Ethiopia’s high soil fertility, suitable climate, and comparative abundance of water supply makes the country the right place to commercial farming.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has recently visited the ongoing agricultural activities in southern part of the country and commended the achievement that the sector has been registering over the past recent years. He appreciated the mixed farmland in Gamo Zone’s Daramalo Woreda that incorporates productive crop cultivation, horticulture, and animal fattening.
State Minister of Agriculture Fikru Regassa (PhD) said that over the past few years, the government has crafted different policies so as to improve the agricultural sector, which is the backbone of the nation’s economy.
Enhancing agricultural development is one of the initiatives that the government has designed to ensure food security through summer wheat cultivation. The initiative is bringing visible results contributing to food security. Currently, wheat cultivation has been expanded across the country with outstanding achievements, he noted.
He recalled that Prime Minister Abiy has been awarded the prestigious accolade of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his vision, leadership and commitment to food security and nutrition and the pursuit of innovative solutions in wheat self-sufficiency in the context of fast-changing and challenging circumstances.
Fikru said that Ethiopia is hosting World without Hunger Conference which is a testament of its progress towards ensuring food security and further cements the commitment to global food security. Commenting on the issue, he said that the three-day event will gather experts from various sectors in which Ethiopia will also learn from the success stories and finding solutions to food insecurity. Hosting the event by itself uplifts the image of Ethiopia as it is on the right path towards food self sufficiency, he remarked.
He further stated that the activities implemented over the past years have been yielding positive results and Ethiopia is contributing its part in reducing poverty and ensuring food security. Accordingly, the nation is on the right track to ensure food security and be a self resilient country and bringing the level of poverty to zero, Ethiopia has achieved a remarkable success making huge investments in the agricultural sector and pursuing wheat self sufficiency. As the sector is playing critical role the nation has marked significant growth across major commodities, he noted.
BY HAILE DEMEKE
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2024
