Ethiopia aims to make wheat import history
The Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia says it has revealed a plan to make wheat import history within…
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Ivanka Trump meets Ethiopian businesswomen in coffee, textiles industries
Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and USAID Administrator Mark Green met with businesswomen engaged in coffee and…
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…
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…
Uruguay to help Africa improve its agriculture
A delegation from the Government of Uruguay on Friday met with the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Deputy…
Ethiopia to triple coffee production
Ethiopia, the largest coffee producers is set to triple its coffee production in the coming five years by…
Pope Frances urges global institutions to make hunger history
Hunger can be made a part of the world’s past, but only if all institutions and people work…
Israeli company to export processed sesame from Ethiopia
KROTAJ, a joint venture company formed between an Israeli company named Genuine and Ethiopian Sesame Export, has opened…
Ethiopia to brand its agricultural commodities globally
With the aim of promoting Ethiopian agricultural commodities globally, Tourism Ethiopia and Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATC) launch…
Ethiopian PM inaugurates irrigation dam
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today inaugurated Gidabo irrigation dam that can irrigate over 13,400 hectares of…
Ethiopian farmers’ malt factory to triple production
Assela Malt Factory, the state company recently sold to Ethiopian farmers, is set to triple its malt production…
Nominations for $100,000 Africa Food Prize opens
Nominations for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize, an award that recognizes individuals and institutions working to make farming…
Combating the fall armyworm in Africa
The European Commission Directorate for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), has committed to strengthen the efforts of the…
Irrigation doubles African food production
Food production in Africa still relies almost exclusively on rain-fed agriculture, leaving farmers and rural communities vulnerable to…
Uganda farmers get $210 million to improve farming
Over 30,800 vulnerable rural households in Uganda will benefit from a $210.4 million project that aims to sustainably…
Ethiopia’s TruLuv Granola joins Next 100 African Startups
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Egyptian Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation (MIIC) have selected Ethiopia’s…
Donkeys get government attention in Ethiopia
The government of Ethiopia is set to discuss the socio-economic opportunities and challenges presented by humane and sustainable…
Ethiopia secures $229 from flower export
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – In the face of political unrest the country went through, Ethiopia gets $228.6…
Agricultural technology to turn African Savannah into global food basket
The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from…
Ethiopia to relieve congestion in the Port of Djibouti
A new accord is signed between Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority (EMAA) and World Food Programme to relieve congestion…
Partners to drive finance to African smallholder farmers
Africa’s development partners have launch a new partnership that will help build climate resilience for smallholder farmers in…
ACP Group of States, global agricultural agency agree to collaborate
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) agree…
African Development Bank bans Cameroon company for audit obstruction
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group today bans the Centre Africain de Recherches Forestières Appliquées et de Développement…
Partners to raise $100 million to catalyse Africa’s agriculture investment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today agreed to boost joint…
BASF acquires Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BASF, a German chemical company with businesses across the world, today closed acquisition of Bayer’s global vegetable seeds…
African Development Bank calls for Africa’s green revolution
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers…
African Development Bank calls for provision of new technologies for farmers
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers…
Sudan secures $41 million grant to boost agriculture
The African Development Bank on Thursday signed a $41 million grant agreement with Republic of Sudan to finance…
Africa Investor Forum to discuss tackling malnutrition
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)- an international organization founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…
G20 meeting to focus on sustainable nutritious foods production
The upcoming G20 Ministers of agriculture meeting next week is expected to focus on sustainable production of nutritious…