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Ethiopia has been a member of the FAO since 1948, and the FAO Representation in Ethiopia opened its office in Addis Ababa in 1981. The city is also home to FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa, Representation to the AU, and UNECA.

FAO Priorities in Ethiopia

FAO’s programmes and projects in Ethiopia are guided by the five-year Country Programming Framework (2022–2025), which focuses on the following strategic priority areas:

1. Innovation for sustainable agricultural production: Promoting the adoption of innovative approaches for sustainable crops, livestock, fisheries/aquaculture, and forestry production systems.

2. Nutrition for the most vulnerable and safe food for everyone: Strengthening safe, nutrition-sensitive, and climate-resilient food systems to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition.

3. Natural resource management and agricultural production systems: Enhancing natural resource management and agricultural production systems to protect, restore, and promote the sustainable use of ecosystems.

4. Promotion of inclusive economic growth and reducing inequalities: Fostering inclusive and gender-responsive economic growth, improving livelihoods, and working towards the eradication of extreme poverty.

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Anticipating Hope
04/05/2026

Against the predicted below-average rainfall for the March-April-May 2025 season, with 3.7 million people at risk, FAO implemented an anticipatory drought...

Beyond metal silos – improving food security, nutrition and livelihoods
02/02/2025

Globally, about one-third of food produced roughly 1.3 billion tons annually is lost or wasted due to poor post-harvest handling and storage (FAO, 2019)....

The fight against drought in southern Ethiopia
30/10/2023

The three-year drought affecting southern Ethiopia’s Borana zone has wrought disastrous consequences. The death of millions of livestock has brought...

Agriculture Risk Management (ARM) training for Ethiopian dairy value chain
01/07/2022

Under AgrInvest, FAO, in partnership with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), is implementing the project “AgrInvest - Enabling...

Desert locust control in Ethiopia
18/06/2021

The video portrays the progress made in controlling desert locusts and their impact on the food security and livelihood of the population in the Somali...

Battle with Desert Locusts
29/07/2020

Despite restrictions on the movement of personnel and equipment imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO is continuing to work with the Government...

The Hand-in-Hand initiative in Ethiopia - Q&A with Fatouma Seid, FAO Representative in Ethiopia
21/07/2020

The Hand-in-Hand initiative in Ethiopia - Q&A with Fatouma Seid, FAO Representative in Ethiopia.

Publications
FAO Ethiopia Newsletter, 1st quarter 2026 – Issue #7
25/05/2026

Key issues included are validation of the national Seed Systems Assessment (SSSA) and the launch of the UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralistis...

Ethiopian food recipes 2025
12/05/2026

Ethiopia is known for its rich cultural and culinary diversity, rooted in its many distinct ethnic groups; however, information on the nutritional value...

Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme
25/02/2026

Despite being cultivated by nearly five million farmers, sorghum yields and commercialization have stagnated due to persistent structural and policy-related...

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FAO Representation in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

PO Box: 5536

Email: FAO-ET@fao.org

Telephone: (+251) 116 478 888