The autumn crop is in a good condition in all parts of the Amhara regional state. In particular, it was proven possible to cultivate wheat, corn, teff, soybeans and 12 other types of crops through cluster farming. In order to increase productivity, the administration reminded that intensive professional and management support has been given to the farmers to implement new agricultural technologies and practices. In the harvest season, it was possible to cultivate various crops on 1.7 million hectares of land in cluster farming, which has a significant role in increasing productivity. It is expected that more than 64 million quintals of production will be obtained from the cultivated land in cluster farming,
Yilikal Kefale (PhD), Amhara Regional State Chief.
In the past three years, Ethiopia has paid great attention to increasing agricultural productivity in order to be self-sufficient in food grains. It is known that there is a potential to increase wheat production beyond domestic consumption to export. Currently, countries including Kenya and Djibouti have announced that they are interested in buying wheat from Ethiopia. For this purpose, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange is set to start marketing of commodities through modern marketing system, Marketing Corporate Communication Manager of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Netsanet Tesfaye.
Inspecting the Kenya-Ethiopia today was most fulfilling. Along the entire 612 kms, were Kenyan heroes working away, across varying and in some cases, extreme terrain to ensure that we energize this line on time. The construction of the electric infrastructure that Ethiopia has been installing to export power to Kenya is accelerating. Efforts are being made to complete the 612 km infrastructure construction on the Kenyan side,
Dr. Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.
In the Capital Addis Ababa, more than 300 mega, medium and small projects were completed in the last fiscal year. Other various projects are under construction this year. The constructions of the projects are in the stages of completion, construction and initiation. In Addis Ababa, in addition to the construction of projects, various activities are being carried out in the areas of job creation, stabilization of inflation, and social and economic issues, Head of Addis Ababa City Communication Office Tayiba Luna.
The Ethiopian Herald October 29/2022
