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Ethiopia produces wheat on 20,000 hectares irrigated lowland

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 NBE Awash River, Ethiopia, lowland irrigation, Omo River, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, rain-fed agriculture, wheat farm, Wheat import

Using irrigation, the Government of Ethiopia has covered 20,000 hectares of lowland with wheat farm for the first time, Prime

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Irrigation doubles African food production

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 newbusinessethiopia African food production, Irrigation, rain-fed agriculture

Food production in Africa still relies almost exclusively on rain-fed agriculture, leaving farmers and rural communities vulnerable to increasingly erratic