(ENA) Modjo Dry Port Logistics Center expansion project, which consumes 150 million USD, was launched today. Modjo Dry Port has reportedly been contributing hugely to the import-export of the country as over 80 percent of multi-modal containers pass through it. Officially launching the construction of project, Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges said the nation wants to make the […]
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GAR Special Report on Drought 2021
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and linger through time, affecting millions of people and contributing to food […]
From Displacement to Development: How Ethiopia Can Create Shared Growth by Facilitating Economic Inclusion for Refugees
INTRODUCTION Ethiopia is currently in crisis. The northern region of Tigray remains in conflict, with millions displaced, lacking sufficient humanitarian support, and facing a range of human rights violations. Some 60,000 people have fled to neighboring Sudan and millions more are internally displaced in Tigray and neighboring regions. The crisis is also exacerbating tensions in […]
Nation Engrossed in Intense Agricultural Activities: Agriculture Ministry
(ENA) Intensive agricultural activities are underway across the nation, according to Ministry of Agriculture. Agriculture Extension Director-General Germame Girma told ENA that 13.5 million hectares of land is being prepared for cultivation during this rainy season. Some 18 million quintals of fertilizer and about 1 million quintals of improved seeds are being distributed for the season, […]
Ethiopia’s Economy Projected to Grow at 8.7 % in FY 2021/22
June 15/2021 ( ENA ) Ethiopia’s economic growth is projected to be 8.7 percent during upcoming Ethiopian fiscal year (2021/22). It is to be recalled that the Council of Ministers last week approved some 561.7 billion Birr budget and referred it to the House of Peoples Representatives for endorsement. The new budget has an increase […]
Business Development Service Training Held
University-Industry Linkage and Entrepreneurship Development Directorate of Haramaya University in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC)-Ethiopia delivered Business Development Service (BDS) training to 25 farmers invited from different districts of Eastern Hararaghe Zone. According to Dr. Mitiku Eshetu, Director for University-Industry Linkage and Entrepreneurship Development (UILED), these farmers had taken entrepreneurship training workshop and this […]