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15 December 2016
Food fair stirs awareness about pulses. Over eight million Ethiopian smallholder farmers grow food legumes on 1.7 million hectares of land mainly for household consumption, cash income and animal feed. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) organized “national forage and food legume research and development review conference with the running...
Food fair stirs awareness about pulses. Over eight million Ethiopian smallholder farmers grow food legumes on 1.7 million hectares of land mainly for household consumption, cash income and animal feed. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) organized “national forage and food legume research and development review conference with the running...
08 December 2016
FAO and the European Commission (EC) organized a national level learning forum focusing on strengthening coordination mechanisms for resilience building for key stakeholders working on resilience on October 7-8 2016 here in Addis Ababa. “We are developing a greater vision of what we are seeking to accomplish, if we figure out how to...
FAO and the European Commission (EC) organized a national level learning forum focusing on strengthening coordination mechanisms for resilience building for key stakeholders working on resilience on October 7-8 2016 here in Addis Ababa. “We are developing a greater vision of what we are seeking to accomplish, if we figure out how to...
14 November 2016
Pulses have a huge share in Ethiopia’s agriculture crop production. As figures show, Ethiopia annually produces over 400 000 metric tons of chickpea, which places the country among the top ten largest chickpea producers in the world. About five million Ethiopian smallholder farmers are relying on the production of pulses for...
Pulses have a huge share in Ethiopia’s agriculture crop production. As figures show, Ethiopia annually produces over 400 000 metric tons of chickpea, which places the country among the top ten largest chickpea producers in the world. About five million Ethiopian smallholder farmers are relying on the production of pulses for...
07 November 2016
Globally over one-third of food produced is lost or wasted, and this amounts to 1.3 billions tons of food per year. In developing countries including Ethiopia, about 40 percent of food is lost at post-harvest handling and processing stage. These losses could be enough to feed the 800 million hungry...
Globally over one-third of food produced is lost or wasted, and this amounts to 1.3 billions tons of food per year. In developing countries including Ethiopia, about 40 percent of food is lost at post-harvest handling and processing stage. These losses could be enough to feed the 800 million hungry...
17 October 2016
17 October 2016, Arbaminch – Sustainable watershed-based management and protection of natural resources is instrumental to cope with the effects of climate change and build the resilience of the most vulnerable communities was the key message came from key stakeholders during the 2016WFD celebration in southern Ethiopia’s beautiful city of...
17 October 2016, Arbaminch – Sustainable watershed-based management and protection of natural resources is instrumental to cope with the effects of climate change and build the resilience of the most vulnerable communities was the key message came from key stakeholders during the 2016WFD celebration in southern Ethiopia’s beautiful city of...
