Farmer Ahmed Mume started growing khat on his coffee farm in Deder, eastern Ethiopia a decade ago. Photo: AP One kilogram of…
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Coffee faces a double threat to its existence in eastern Ethiopia
HARAR, Ethiopia (Reuters) – For generations, farmers planted the lush earth of Awedai and nearby areas in eastern Ethiopia with coffee trees,…
Cardano and Ethiopian Government to Introduce Agritech Blockchain
The Ethiopian government has recently struck a deal with Cardano (ADA) to work together on finding ways to use blockchain technology to…
Passing through turbulent years in Ethiopia, Karuturi Agro Products PLC – a subsidiary of the Indian based Karuturi Global Ltd (KGL) –…
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Bridging the gender pay gap, on the red carpet and in the fields | Agriculture
When discussing the Hollywood pay gap, we are talking more about differing scales of luxury rather than livelihoods. It is, of course,…
Please don’t stop giving to charity – these Ethiopian farmers show how crucial it is | Tadesse Amera | Opinion
Among crops, cotton is notorious for the high volumes of hazardous pesticides used to grow it. Pesticide poisoning of smallholder farmers is…
The small Ethiopian town of Dukem has some of the most fertile land in the country. It also is home to Ethiopia’s…
Expansion of Ethiopia’s first industrial park reopens old wounds
DUKEM, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The scenic road from Addis Ababa to the small town of Dukem is peppered with signs…
Ethiopian scientist praised by Bill Gates for impacting lives of small-scale farmers
World’s richest man and CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has hailed the efforts of an Ethiopian plant pathologist working to positively impact…