Agric transformation to contribute to MDGs
Africa News | 28 Jan 2011
African agriculture is to contribute to the achievement of the MDGs through broad-based growth, food security, employment and poverty reduction. "It would need to transform from the current subsistence system to market oriented ones," the Director of Food Security and Sustainable Development (FSSD) of Economic Commission for Africa, Josue Dione, said in Addis Ababa.
 Ethiopia | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Food Security

Ethiopia: Meles Threatens to Open Country's Trade to Foreign Competition
AllAfrica.com | 26 Jan 2011
While members of the business community were appalled by the governments announcement last week of its decision to fix the prices of some imported and locally produced consumable items, consumers seem to concur that the state needs to interfere in prices. This frustration was echoed by a...
 Ethiopia | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment

Ethiopia: City to Install New Kinds of Trash Cans at 110m Br
addisfortune.com | 15 Dec 2010
The Cleansing Management Agency and Recycling and Disposal Project Office of Addis Abeba is to receive 110 million Br by the end of December 2010 from the city administration to install 1,700 waste disposal containers around the city. This came after the agency had submitted its proposal for the waste containers to the citys finance and economy office, which is mandated to allocate capital to agencies, according to Ermias Siyume, deputy manager and core process owner of the agency.
 Ethiopia | Economics and the Environment | Waste | Waste Management

Voices from the frontline of global warming
The Independent | 28 Nov 2010
"It has been a great stress for us this period – a depressing time. Working all day on the wells that have no water, we're running out of patience. Before, we had predictable seasons: we knew the dry spells, but we also knew that rain would come. Now, over the past 10 years, the rains can't be...
 Ethiopia | Kenya | Climate and Atmosphere

The East African:  - News |African states can work with scientists to achieve responsible ...
The East African | 23 Nov 2010
Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals, everyone is eager to pinpoint what will do most to power African progress. Good governance and education are strong candidates — as a minister in Ethiopias government since 2005 I am immensely proud of our education revolution, which increased numbers of primary school pupils by over 500 per cent between 1994/95 and 2008/09.
 Ethiopia | Food Security | Health and Environment | Poverty Reduction

ETHIOPIA: They Have Become Farmers of Trees
ips.org | 22 Nov 2010
They have spent the better part of their lives destroying the forest, but Kochito Gabre and his cohort are now the guardians of a UNESCO-recognised resource in the Ethiopian highlands. After shrinking to barely half its original size, the Kafa Forest is now a model for sustainable use in the country.
 Ethiopia | Biodiversity | Forest Quality | Forests and Woodlands

Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters
The East African | 15 Nov 2010
Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the mighty river. "These waters are sacred, they perform miracles for the sick," Berhanu Melak, an elderly farmer, told AFP as he filled a metal trough with water for the throngs of white-cloaked men and women who have been queuing since the early hours in this town 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Addis Ababa.
 Ethiopia | Freshwater | Health and Environment

AFRICA: Going rural and green
IRIN News | 03 Nov 2010
As rural Africa experiences an increasingly moody climate which will erode resilience, drive up hunger and threaten economic growth, it is time countries got serious about development, participants at the seventh African Development Forum in Addis Ababa were told. Africas Rural Futures (RF)...
 Ethiopia | Climate Change Impacts | Food Security | Poverty Reduction

Ethiopia: Govt Bans Raw Cotton Exports
AllAfrica.com | 20 Oct 2010
The Ethiopian government has banned the export of raw cotton due to an increase in demand from local textile and garment manufacturers and a hike in the international price, sources at the Ministry of Trade (MoT) disclosed to Fortune.
 Ethiopia | Agriculture | Trade and Environment

Restoring Ethiopia's Forest Cover
Inter Press Service | 16 Sep 2010
Mesfin Mengistu has been growing trees on his two-hectare farm in Menagesha Woreda for years. Sustained reforestation effort Such care to conserve tree cover has become common in Ethiopia. Deforestation had slashed the country's forest area from about 35 per cent of its 1.1 million square...
 Ethiopia | Farming Practices | Sustainable Forest Management