Recent data from the May Migration and Development Brief shows that remittance flows to Uganda declined by 26 per cent, from US$1.4 billion in
Tag: food security
Green development, food security in Ethiopia
By Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia – Given Ethiopia’s arable land, water resources and a large number of productive manpower, the government has
Blockchain drives intra-Africa trade during COVID-19 pandemic
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading fertilizer company, announced $400
Ethiopia, U.S. launch $2.2 billion Productive Safety Net Program
Today, the United States joined the Government of Ethiopia and development partners to launch the next five-year phase of the Productive Safety Net Program
Empowering women, girls to ensure sustainable food security
Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and
Urban agriculture in Addis Ababa to ease COVID-19 impact
By Mekonnen Teshome & Tesfaye Abate – Apart from battling with Corona Virus (COVID-19) health emergency, countries around the world today are taking various
U.S. to help Ethiopia improve agriculture in five years
The governments of the United States and Ethiopia agree to launch a new five-year Feed the Future strategy to invest in food security, build
One time government investment assures food security in Ethiopia
Ethiopian government needs to make one time huge investment to assure food security and cut its increasing hard currency spending on importing food items,
257 million people in Africa undernourished, UN says
A new UN report reveals 257 million Africans (20 percent of the population of the continent) are undernourished. The number has been increasing recently.
